noun
- 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.
- synonyms: implosion therapy
verb
- Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid.
- usage: "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
- Cover with liquid, usually water.
- usage: "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
- synonyms: flood
- Supply with an excess of.
- usage: "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
- synonyms: flood, oversupply, glut
- Become filled to overflowing.
- usage: "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
- synonyms: flood
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