adjective
- relating to or causing an inundation; tending to flood or overflow
Usage: formal; technical
Examples
- The inundatory effects of the monsoon rains devastated the coastal villages.
- Engineers designed barriers to prevent inundatory damage during storm surge.
- The river's inundatory potential increased after weeks of heavy precipitation.
- Inundatory conditions forced residents to evacuate their homes.
- Climate change has intensified inundatory events in low-lying regions.