flood (n)
inundation (n)
deluge#1 (n)
alluvion (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 19
def the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
examples plains fertilized by annual inundations
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Hypernym geological phenomenon
Derivationally related form deluge → deluge
Derivationally related form inundation → inundate
Derivationally related form inundation → inundate
Derivationally related form flood → flood; flood → flood
Derivationally related form flood → flood
Hyponym debacle; flash flood, flashflood; Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood
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Hyponym geological phenomenon
Hypernym debacle; flash flood, flashflood; Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood
Derivationally related form flood → flood; flood → flood
Derivationally related form deluge → deluge
Derivationally related form inundate → inundation
Derivationally related form inundate → inundation
Derivationally related form flood → flood

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