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overflow

noun as in flood, inundation

verb as in pour out, flood

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The typhoon, which caused heavy flooding and landslides, killed 14 people in Taiwan after a barrier lake overflowed.

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He gestures to bins overflowing with rubbish bags.

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A nearby 20,000 capacity stadium has been allocated as an overflow area.

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The Raiders assigned him the laptop that had belonged to their previous head coach, Jon Gruden, and it was overflowing with plays.

Climate change has worsened floods in Pakistan, as heavy rains cause rivers to overflow.

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