zaplavit — meaning in English

English meaning

• flood noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
• inundate verb To give someone far more of something than they can deal with, usually requests, messages or work.
• overrun verb To spread over or invade a place in large numbers, often taking full control of it.
• overwhelm verb To completely overpower someone or something, whether physically or emotionally.
• swamp noun An area of wet, spongy, low-lying land, often with trees, that supports rich but sometimes difficult-to-access wildlife.

Senses

zaplavit is used for these senses in English:

• overrun (transitive) To infest, swarm over, flow over.
• overwhelm To engulf, surge over and submerge.
• swamp To drench or fill with water.
• swamp (figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.

flood — full definition

1. noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
2. noun A large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
3. verb To cover land with water, or to fill something with an overwhelming amount.

inundate — full definition

1. verb To give someone far more of something than they can deal with, usually requests, messages or work.
2. verb To cover an area with water; to flood.

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