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Flooding

/ˈflʌdɪŋ/

To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.

📖 Definitions of "Flooding"

verb

1
To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
2
To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
"The floor was flooded with beer."
3
To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
"The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints."
4
To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

noun

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
highnoun	Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
swollen	Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
overflowingnoun	overflow
implosion therapynoun	a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
in flood	—

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
swollen	Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
highnoun	Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
overflowingnoun	overflow
implosion therapynoun	a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
in flood	—
inundationnoun	The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
floodwaternoun	The water of a flood.
delugenoun	A great flood or rain.
freshetnoun	A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
submergencenoun	The act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion.
landslidenoun	A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
submersionnoun	The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; immersion
waternoun	A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
soakingnoun	Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
saturationnoun	The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
spillovernoun	That which overflows; the excess or side effect.
overflownoun	(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
injectionnoun	The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
spreadverb	(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
foulingnoun	The adhesion of a foreign material onto a surface, especially so as to reduce its functionality.