flood out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de forcer des personnes ou des choses à quitter un lieu en raison d'une inondation ou d'un afflux massif d'eau ou d'autre substance, ou pour décrire un départ soudain et massif de personnes ou de choses d'un endroit.

A phrasal verb used to indicate forcing someone to leave a place due to an overwhelming amount of water or other substance, or to describe a large number of people or things leaving a place suddenly.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Force to leave due to waterformal

   To force people to leave their homes or an area because of flooding.

   évacuer à cause des inondations

   • The heavy rains flooded out several families in the valley.
   • Many residents were flooded out of their homes after the river burst its banks.
   • The village was completely flooded out during the storm.

   Synonymesdisplacedrive outevacuateforce out

2. Overwhelm with a large amountinformal

   To be overwhelmed or forced out by a large number of things or people.

   Submerger

   • The stadium was flooded out by fans trying to get tickets.
   • The small shop was flooded out with orders after the advertisement.
   • The office was flooded out with complaints after the policy change.

   Synonymesdelugeengulffloodinundateoverwhelmswamp

Verbe de baseflood