1
: covered or overfilled with an excess of water or some other liquid
a flooded field
a flooded carburetor/engine
2
: filled, covered, or completely overrun as if by a flood
won't find new customers in a flooded market
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Several more storms are expected this weekend and next week, with the NWS Weather Prediction Center forecasting that the Skokomish River near Potlatch, Washington, will remain flooded or near flood levels at least through Christmas.
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Anna Skinner, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
In it, Juliette dismantles a harmonium to use its bellows as a breathing apparatus to swim through a flooded room.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2024
Hail fell in Los Angeles the day before Thanksgiving, and three members of an Arizona family died after their truck was swept away in a flooded creek.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Firefighters were called Tuesday morning after a submerged SUV was spotted near flooded Gravois Creek, near Interstate 55.
—CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Anna Skinner, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
In it, Juliette dismantles a harmonium to use its bellows as a breathing apparatus to swim through a flooded room.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2024
Hail fell in Los Angeles the day before Thanksgiving, and three members of an Arizona family died after their truck was swept away in a flooded creek.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Firefighters were called Tuesday morning after a submerged SUV was spotted near flooded Gravois Creek, near Interstate 55.
—CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Flooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flooded. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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