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 voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.
To completely enclose or envelop.
To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.