flood out
When water from a flood fills a place and forces people to leave, or when lots of something comes pouring out all at once.
Meanings
To force people to leave their homes or a place because of severe flooding.
"Hundreds of families were flooded out of their homes after the river burst its banks."
For a large volume of people, water, or things to pour out of a place rapidly.
"Spectators flooded out of the stadium as soon as the final whistle blew."
To overwhelm a system or person with a large volume of messages, calls, or data.
"The news story flooded out their email server within hours of publication."
The 'displaced by flooding' sense is the most common and is heard frequently in news reports. The intransitive sense ('people flooded out') is also natural. Can also mean to overwhelm a system with incoming traffic or messages.
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