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nouna form of psychotherapy in which the patient receives abrupt and intense, rather than gradual, exposure to a fear-producing situation. Origin of flooding1665–75, for sense “flood”; see flood + -ing1 Words nearby floodingflood basalt, flood control, flooded gum, flooders, floodgate, flooding, flood insurance, flood lamp, floodlight, floodlight projector, flood plain Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for floodingMeanwhile her husband William and his brother Harry were busy laying sandbags in towns affected by flooding. Kate Middleton's Awe-Inspiring Post-Baby Body|Tom Sykes|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The game consists of flooding the bathroom with water, hiking up your skirt, and then gliding over the stream. ‘Nymphomaniac,’ Lars von Trier’s Icy Orgy of Sex and Self-Loathing, Bows At Sundance|Marlow Stern|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Its surgeons have had to deal with bombs, flooding and a shooter rampaging through the hospital. 11 Wacky, Moving, Memorable ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Moments (VIDEO)|Chancellor Agard|October 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Of the 397 wells Encana shut down when flooding began, about 150 are back online. Did Floods Cause a Fracking Disaster in Colorado?|Josh Dzieza|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Flooding your brain with dopamine and serotonin, it not only heightens feelings of euphoria, but empathy and love as well. Molly: The Dangerous Drug That’s Too Good to Quit|Abby Haglage|September 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST The full moon was sailing through the skies, flooding everything with splendor. Great Violinists And Pianists|George T. Ferris But the flooding of the plains was not the only water trouble of the Yamagatans. The Foundations of Japan|J.W. Robertson Scott It also serves to prevent any water from leaky condenser tubes from filling the condenser and flooding the engine cylinders. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose They are flooding us with fresh meat to-day, by way of a change. In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers Upon it now they might live until the salmon came, flooding the country with plenty. The Conquest|Eva Emery Dye
British Dictionary definitions for flooding
nounthe submerging of land under water, esp due to heavy rain, a lake or river overflowing, etc pathol excessive bleeding from the uterus, as following childbirth psychol a method of eliminating anxiety in a given situation, by exposing a person to the situation until the anxiety subsides Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to floodinginundation, alluvion Medical definitions for flooding
n.A form of desensitization used in behavior therapy in which the patient imagines or is actually exposed to anxiety-producing stimuli. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |