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  1. noun
    an overwhelming number or amount
    "a flood of requests"
  2. noun
    a large flow

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  3. noun
    light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
  4. verb
    fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
    "The images flooded his mind"

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  5. noun
    the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  6. noun
    the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

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  7. verb
    supply with an excess of
    "flood the market with tennis shoes"

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  8. noun
    the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
    "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"

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  9. verb
    become filled to overflowing
    "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
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  10. verb
    cover with liquid, usually water
    "The swollen river flooded the village" "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
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Definition that contains flood
  • debacle flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
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