What is the meaning of flooding?

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"
  • synonyms: deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
• 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