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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
inundate .
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Examples
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Rather, it takes the form of "distributed denial of service" DDoS attacks, whereby software loaded onto a series of computers inundates a website with traffic, causing it to crash.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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You can't defend yourself against a hurricane that hits and inundates New Orleans.
Ben Evans: John Dunsworth of Trailer Park Boys on Liquor and Politics Ben Evans 2011
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President Obama seems to be rushing to make this embrace even tighter: in the last week, the administration announced four new permits for deepwater offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico -- the same type of exploration that led to the BP oil spill disaster - even as a huge new oil sheen covers the Gulf of Mexico and inundates Louisiana beaches.
Glenn Hurowitz: Obama Administration Announces Massive Coal-Mining Expansion Glenn Hurowitz 2011
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Rather, it takes the form of "distributed denial of service" DDoS attacks, whereby software loaded onto a series of computers inundates a website with traffic, causing it to crash.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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It costs big bucks to manage and store data, and the more data that inundates corporations each year, the more it costs them.
The High Cost Of Managing Data Ed Sperling 2010
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Senator Kerry inundates us with pronouncements that are economically illiterate.
Campaign Season Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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President Obama seems to be rushing to make this embrace even tighter: in the last week, the administration announced four new permits for deepwater offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico -- the same type of exploration that led to the BP oil spill disaster - even as a huge new oil sheen covers the Gulf of Mexico and inundates Louisiana beaches.
Glenn Hurowitz: Obama Administration Announces Massive Coal-Mining Expansion Glenn Hurowitz 2011
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I would hypothesize that the leftward movement of America in recent years is a direct result of the multibillion-dollar edifice of wingnut disinformation that inundates us today.
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—Both flood and drought areas have been declared in parts of Louisiana on the banks of the Mississippi River as spring runoff from northern states inundates some spots and rain remains elusive.
Two Plagues Hit Louisiana Mike Esterl 2011
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The most devastating natural disaster to hit the Western Hemisphere in decades inundates the American news media.
Joseph A. Palermo: Media Coverage of Haitian Earthquake Can't Go There 2010
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