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Inundate

To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flood 76% connected

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Alluvion 74% connected

Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alluvion 74% connected

Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deluge 74% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deluge 74% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inundation 74% connected

The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inundation 74% connected

The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deluge 92% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Flood 92% connected

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Submerge 92% connected

To put under water; to plunge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swamp 92% connected

Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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