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Answer : FLOOD
flood – v
cover with liquid, usually water; “The swollen river flooded the village”; “The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes”
CAUSES
Flooding is normally caused by natural weather events such as:
- heavy rainfall and thunderstorms over a short period
- prolonged, extensive rainfall
- high tide combined with stormy conditions.
It is also predicted that climate change will increase the risk of flooding in the UK and other parts of the world. The following factors can also cause or contribute to flooding.
SYNONYMS
alluvion, bath, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, flood tide, inundation, Niagara, overflow, spate, torrent
IN A SENTENCE
A flood inundated the whole area.
The water has risen to flood level.
The valley flooded after the heavy rains.
ETYMOLOGY
Old English flōd “a flowing of water, tide, an overflowing of land by water, a deluge, Noah’s Flood; mass of water, river, sea, wave,” from Proto-Germanic *floduz “flowing water, deluge” (source also of Old Frisian flod, Old Norse floð, Middle Dutch vloet, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Gothic flodus), from suffixed form of PIE verbal root *pleu- “to flow” (also the source of flow). In early modern English often floud. Figurative use, “a great quantity, a sudden abundance,” by mid-14c.
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