затоплять — meaning in English
zatoplyat
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English meaning
- deluge noun A sudden, heavy flood of water, or an overwhelming rainstorm.
- drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
- inundate verb To give someone far more of something than they can deal with, usually requests, messages or work.
- scuttle noun An open bucket or container used for carrying coal.
- submerge verb To go completely under the surface of water or another liquid.
Senses
затоплять is used for these senses in English:
- deluge (transitive) To flood with water.
- drown (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
- inundate To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
- scuttle (transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
- submerge (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
deluge — full definition
- noun A sudden, heavy flood of water, or an overwhelming rainstorm.
- noun An overwhelming amount of anything arriving at once.
- verb To overwhelm someone with a large amount of something.
drown — full definition
- verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
- verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.