flooding

noun

simple routing algorithm sending incoming packets to all other links than the sender
overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry

Pronunciation: /ˈflʌdɪŋ/

An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
“And by the same token it was plain that there had also been a hundred and seventy-five floodings of the earth and depositings of limestone strata!”
“[...] at Cowley Bridge Junction, east of Exeter, both lines were impassable from about 1.30 p.m.—the first flooding of the junction for 36 years—and by the evening the water had risen two-thirds of the way up the platforms at St. Davids as Exeter faced its worst flooding for 60 years.”
Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.
A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually.