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flood

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Số nhiều: floodsQuá khứ: floodedPhân từ 2: floodedV-ing: flooding

This word carries a heavy sense of helplessness and lack of control. It describes a volume that exceeds the capacity of its container, whether that container is a riverbed, a room, or a human's emotional threshold. There is an inherent quality of suddenness and inevitability associated with the term. In a psychological or social context, it implies a saturation point. When a person is flooded with emotion or an office is flooded with emails, the focus is on the inability to process the incoming stream, leading to a state of paralysis or chaos.

Countable when referring to a specific event of inundation (three major floods). Uncountable when referring to the general phenomenon of water covering land.

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Danh từ

An overflow of water that submerges land.

"The river burst its banks and caused a massive flood."

Ngoại động từ
[something][something]

To cover an area with a large amount of water.

"The broken pipe flooded the entire basement."

Ngoại động từ
[someone][something]

To fill a space or a person's mind with an overwhelming quantity of something.

"The company was flooded with complaints after the outage."

Nội động từ
[something]

To flow over the edges of a container or bank.

"The bathtub began to flood the bathroom floor."

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