inundate
IN-un-daytverbMeaning to flood; to overwhelm with a huge amount
Memory hook IN + UNDA (wave): a WAVE of letters rolls IN. After the radio show, wave after wave of order letters pours into Lin’s little bakery until she can barely see over them: she is inundated.
After the storm, the swollen river inundated the low fields.
In context When the radio show praised her bakery, Lin was inundated with orders, so many that she had to hire three new bakers to keep up.
Similar flood, overwhelm, swamp, deluge
Opposite drain
From Latin inundare, “to flood”: in- (onto) + unda (wave).