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The synonyms of “Flooding” are: implosion therapy
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flooding” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| implosion therapy | The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant. |
| cloudburst | A sudden violent rainstorm. |
| cyclone | A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression. |
| deluge | A great quantity of something arriving at the same time. This may be the worst deluge in living memory. |
| downpour | A heavy fall of rain. A sudden downpour had filled the gutters and drains. |
| embankment | A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection. A railway embankment. |
| flowage | Gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat. Many campsites were located near the flowage. |
| freshet | The flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow. |
| gale | (on the Beaufort scale) a wind of force 8 (34–40 knots or 63–74 km/h). She collapsed into gales of laughter. |
| gust | Of the wind blow in gusts. The wind was gusting through the branches of the tree. |
| hurricane | A wind of force 12 on the Beaufort scale (equal to or exceeding 64 knots or 118 km/h). The manager resigned in a hurricane of disagreement. |
| inundate | Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with. The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise. |
| inundation | Flooding. An inundation of rugby fans. |
| levee | A landing place; a quay. |
| outpouring | An outburst of strong emotion. She attacked him with an outpouring of words. |
| overflow | Overflow with a certain feeling. There was some overflow after heavy rainfall. |
| penstock | Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice. |
| rain | Of the sky the clouds etc send down rain. It s pouring with rain. |
| rainfall | The quantity of rain falling within a given area in a given time. The absorption of further supplies from rainfalls. |
| rainstorm | A storm with rain. |
| runoff | A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner. |
| sluice | Irrigate with water from a sluice. The waves sluiced over them. |
| squall | Blow in a squall. He emitted a short mournful squall. |
| storm | Storm windows. Commandos stormed a hijacked plane early today. |
| thunderstorm | A storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning. |
| tornado | A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground. Teenagers caught up in a tornado of sexual confusion. |
| torrent | An overwhelming outpouring of (something, typically words. She was subjected to a torrent of abuse. |
| torrential | (of rain) falling rapidly and in copious quantities. Torrential applause. |
| tsunami | An arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities or amounts. A colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes. |
| typhoon | A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans. |
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