Inundate

/ˈɪnʌndeɪt/ verb medium

To overwhelm someone or something with a huge, sudden amount.

After the recipe went viral, the small bakery was inundated with online orders it could never fill in time.

Memory Trick

Shares a root with 'undulate' (wave motion) — to inundate is to hit someone with wave after wave until they're submerged.