flooding
An act of flooding; a flood or gushAn act of flooding; a flood or gush.
» One thing we're worried about is flooding.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
The storms resulted in flooding over a large area.
Überflutung, Überschwemmung
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.
Überforderung
(countable, uncountable)A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually.
- a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
Examples
70 sentencesOne thing we're worried about is flooding.
Heavy rain caused flooding in some areas.
deDurch heftigen Regen kam es in einigen Gegenden zu Überschwemmungen. — Waldelfe
Two weeks of heavy rain led to flooding.
deZwei Wochen starker Regen führten zu Überflutungen. — al_ex_an_der
Memories of the good old days came flooding back one after another.
The radio warned us of the possibility of flooding.
По радіо попередили про можливість повені. — anastasishko
deDas Radio warnte uns vor einer möglichen Überflutung. — Espi
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Forms
plural: floodingsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them:implosion therapy
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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