To overwhelm.
To flood with water.
A great flood or rain.
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
To overload or overtax.
A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated
The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.