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flood sth with sth
If you are flooded with letters, telephone calls, messages, etc., you receive so many that you cannot deal with them
• We were flooded with calls from worried parents.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verb VERB + FLOOD be liable to The area near the river is liable to flood. PHRASES be badly flooded The village had been badly flooded., noun large amount of water ADJ. devastating, great, heavy, severe | summer, winter VERB + FLOOD cause Heavy rainfall in the mountains caused the floods. FLOOD + VERB hit sth, strike sth This summer the region was struck by devastating floods. | inundate sth The meadowland was inundated by heavy floods. | cause sth The flood caused widespread destruction. | subside The floods are slowly subsiding. FLOOD + NOUN water/waters | alert, damage, victim | control, defence, prevention, protection, relief PHRASES be in (full) flood The river was in full flood (= had flooded its banks). large number/amount ADJ. great | constant | sudden FLOOD + VERB inundate sb/sth She was inundated by floods of fan mail. PREP. ~ of a great flood of refugees PHRASES in floods of tears (= crying a lot) The little girl was in floods of tears.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary