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flooding
flood F0191300 (flŭd)n.1. An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.2. A flood tide.3. A large amount or number, especially when moving from one place to another: received a flood of applications. See Synonyms at flow.4. A floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light.5. Flood In the Bible, the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah. v. flood·ed, flood·ing, floods v.tr.1. To cover or submerge with water; inundate: The town was flooded when the dam burst.2. To move into or fill in large numbers or amounts: People flooded the square. His inbox was flooded with mail.3. To overwhelm in large numbers: The theater was flooded with ticket requests.4. To put too much fuel into the carburetor of (an engine), resulting in unsuccessful ignition.v.intr.1. To become inundated or submerged: The underpass floods after a heavy rain.2. To pour forth; overflow: The river floods nearly every spring.
[Middle English flod, from Old English flōd; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]flooding (ˈflʌdɪŋ) n1. (Physical Geography) the submerging of land under water, esp due to heavy rain, a lake or river overflowing, etc2. (Pathology) pathol excessive bleeding from the uterus, as following childbirth3. (Psychology) psychol a method of eliminating anxiety in a given situation, by exposing a person to the situation until the anxiety subsidesThesaurus| Noun | 1. | 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 themimplosion therapybehavior modification, behavior therapy - psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior |
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flooding[′fləd·iŋ] (agriculture) Filling of ditches or covering of land with water during the raising of crops; rice, for example, must have occasional flooding to grow properly. (chemical engineering) Condition in a liquid-vapor counterflow device (such as a distillation column) in which the rate of vapor rise is such as to prevent liquid downflow, causing a buildup of the liquid (flooding) within the device. (petroleum engineering) Technique of increasing recovery of oil (secondary recovery) from a reservoir by injection of water into the formation to drive the oil toward producing wellholes. Also known as waterflooding. (psychology) A behavior therapy for phobias and other problems involving maladaptive anxiety, in which anxiety producers are presented in intense form (real or imagined) and continued until the stimuli no longer produce disabling anxiety. Flooding in military affairs, an obstacle created to compel the enemy to abandon an area he has occupied, to hinder his advance, to disrupt bridges and ferrying and landing operations, or to interrupt communications in the rear of the enemy. For flooding an army may use a water reservoir on a river or a tributary; a lake, a river, or a canal with a spillway that regulates water supply; or a sea or a gulf if the water level is higher than the land and is separated from it by dunes or dikes. Flooding was used in World War I and World War II. flooding1. The stratification of different-colored pigments in a paint film. 2. Introducing water, by gravity, into the backfill surrounding a pipe in order to compact the backfill. 3. A temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas resulting from (a) the overflow of inland or tidal waters, or (b) the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source.floodingVarious denial-of-service techniques that saturate a critical resource, leading either to system failure or to the exclusion of legitimate access. See email bomb, Fraggle attack, smurf attack and SYN-flood attack.flooding
Synonyms for floodingnoun a technique used in behavior therapySynonymsRelated Words- behavior modification
- behavior therapy
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