deluged

• The lavish self-indulgence of a civilization was indeed deluged, drowned in a sea of wine-dark blood. —  Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman
• I departed from Nyamee; but the country was so deluged, that I was frequently in danger of losing the road, and had to wade across the savannahs for miles together, knee deep in water. —  Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
• The hills allow enough runoff to keep the land from becoming deluged, and the hollows where water collects are deep and clear and cool. —  J
• However, I am raising a deeper question - sorry if you find it boring - that the British people and indeed all white nations seem to be deluged with immigrants in a manner consistent with a deliberate attempt to dispossess them of their lands. —  Telegraph Blogs
• (We saw that earlier this month, when Modernista's "n3wz" section, which points to either Google News or Google Blog Search, was deluged with articles about layoffs at the agency.) —  Adrants

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