Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flooding

1 sense of flooding

Sense 1
implosion therapy, flooding -- (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)
       => behavior therapy, behavior modification -- (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flood

4 senses of flood

Sense 1
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp -- (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind")
       => fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")
          Phrasal Verb-> flood in#1

Sense 2
flood -- (cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes")
       => cover, spread over -- (form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave")
          Phrasal Verb-> flood out#1

Sense 3
flood, oversupply, glut -- (supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 4
flood -- (become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains")
       => fill, fill up -- (become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly")