flooding

Verb

flood (third-person singular simple present floods, present participle flooding, simple past and past participle flooded)

1. To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
   • People flooded into the streets in protest.

   Synonyms:

   overfill

2. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
   • The floor was flooded with beer.

   Synonyms:

   inundate

3. (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
   • The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.

   Synonyms:

   inundate, swamp, deluge, spam

4. (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
   • There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.1998, Dr. Cat, “Furry web site plug”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet)
5. To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

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