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English word

flood

B1Frequent NGSL-3
UK /flʌd/US /flʌd/
noun

a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry

verb

if a place floods or something floods it, it becomes filled or covered with water

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Most of the time, we had to wait for a heavy rainstorm to flood the football field.

2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook

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