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FLOODING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
Synonyms:
flooding; implosion therapy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("flooding" is a kind of...):
behavior modification; behavior therapy (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)
Derivation:
flood (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb flood
Context examples:
The national weather agency for France has put out orange alerts for flooding in large areas of France.
(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)
There are periods of the year that should be dry, when communities are still experiencing flooding because of the change in rain patterns, she says.
(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)
Hurricanes and tropical storms can also spawn tornadoes and lead to flooding.
(Hurricanes, Federal Emergency Management Agency)
The rosy light was all about them, flooding over them, as she sang, "Good-by, Sweet Day."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
For three hurricane seasons in a row, storms with record-breaking rainfall have caused catastrophic flooding in the southern United States: Harvey in 2017, Florence in 2018 and Imelda in 2019.
(Why are big storms bringing so much more rain?, National Science Foundation)
Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The gold-seeking tide was flooding northward into Alaska, and it was inevitable that Hans Nelson and his wife should he caught up by the stream and swept toward the Klondike.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The research found that two of the species in the study, saltmarsh sparrows and clapper rails, are declining from increased coastal flooding caused by higher sea levels.
(Coastal birds can weather the storm, but not the sea, National Science Foundation)
The researchers said deaths from coastal flooding would also increase sharply, from six deaths per year at the beginning of this century to 233 a year by the end of it.
(Study: Climate Change Will Bring 50-Fold Rise in Europe Weather-related Deaths, VOA News)
A new paper shows that this disastrous effect was triggered by a previously unknown risk factor: flooding rice fields for farming.
(NASA Map Reveals a New Landslide Risk Factor, NASA)
