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English *noun*: inundation
1.	inundation (phenomenon) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
		Samples	Plains fertilized by annual inundations.
		Synonyms	alluvion, deluge, flood
		Broader (hypernym)	geological phenomenon
		Narrower (hyponym)	debacle, flash flood, flashflood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood

2.	inundation (quantity) an overwhelming number or amount
		Samples	A flood of requests. A torrent of abuse.
		Synonyms	deluge, flood, torrent
		Broader (hypernym)	batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

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