Definition of "inundations" [inundations]

• Plural form of inundation. (noun)

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• "Several rel revolutions followed 'till the time of Tamerlane, who entered India at the end of the year 1398 descending more terrible than all its former inundations from the centre of the northern part of the"
• "But in those States there is an uncertainty and a liability to accidents, such as inundations, boll worm, army worm, &c., &c., which do not attach to this favored region; and it is the opinion of many intelligent men who have planted in both sections, that on an average of ten years the crops of these sections of North Carolina would exceed those of the most fertile portions of the Southwest."
• "Again, to those general revolutions which our planet has at different times experienced, way he added those that have been partial, such as inundations of the sea, earthquakes, subterraneous conflagrations, which have sometimes had the effect of dispersing particular nations, and to make them forget all those sciences with which they were, before acquainted."