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flooding

  • noun
  • /ˈflʌdɪŋ/

An act of flooding; a flood or gush.

Other meanings

  1. Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.

  2. A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually.

Related words

  • antiflooding
  • flash flooding
  • sunny-day flooding

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “flooding” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.