From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inundate \In*un"date\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Inundated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inundating}.] [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See {Undulate}.]
1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.
Syn: To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work" [syn: {flooded}, {overcome}, {overpowered}, {overwhelmed}, {swamped}, {engulfed}]
2: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub" [syn: {afloat(p)}, {awash(p)}, {flooded}, {overflowing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "inundated": afloat, at flood, awash, bathed, broken-down, brokenhearted, buried, crushed, cut up, deluged, desolated, dipped, drenched, dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drowned, engulfed, flooded, heart-stricken, heart-struck, heartbroken, immersed, in spate, inflood, macerated, oozing, overcome, overflowed, overwhelmed, permeated, saturated, seeping, soaked, soaking, soaking wet, soaky, sodden, soggy, sopping, sopping wet, soppy, soused, steeped, stricken, subaqueous, submarine, submerged, submersed, sunken, swamped, swept, undersea, underwater, undone, washed, water-washed, waterlogged, watersoaked, weeping, weltering, whelmed, wringing wet
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