inundate

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Definition: (verb) Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid.
Synonyms: deluge, flood, swamp.
Usage: If we inundate the senator's office with letters of protest, we are certain to get her attention.
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  1. satiate Definition: (verb) Fill to satisfaction. Synonyms: replete, sate, fill. Usage: There is enough cake to satiate all of our party guests. Discuss

  2. confute Definition: (verb) Prove to be false. Synonyms: disprove. Usage: He took out a packet of old letters and began turning them over as if in search of one that would confute Terence's suspicions. Discuss

  3. saturate Definition: (verb) Infuse or fill completely. Synonyms: impregnate. Usage: This light, subdued and colored, seemed almost a radiation from the trunks themselves, so strongly did they saturate it with their hue. Discuss

  4. disparage Definition: (verb) To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way. Synonyms: belittle, pick at. Usage: When it came to the principal's attention that Mrs. Smith regularly disparaged her students' efforts, she was removed from the classroom and reprimanded. Discuss

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