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Deluge

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Noun

1. deluge, flood, inundation, torrent

an overwhelming number or amount

Example Sentences:
'a flood of requests'
'a torrent of abuse'

2. cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout

a heavy rain

3. alluvion, deluge, flood, inundation

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Example Sentences:
'plains fertilized by annual inundations'

Verb

4. deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Example Sentences:
'the basement was inundated after the storm'
'The images flooded his mind'

5. deluge, flood out, overwhelm

charge someone with too many tasks

6. deluge, inundate, submerge

fill or cover completely, usually with water

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Deluge

see synonyms of deluge
noun
1. 
a great flood of water
2. 
torrential rain; downpour
3. 
an overwhelming rush or number
a deluge of requests
verb (transitive)
4. 
to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown
5. 
to overwhelm or overrun; inundate
noun
the Deluge

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Deluge

see synonyms of deluge
noun
1. 
a great flood
2. 
a heavy rainfall
3. 
an overwhelming, floodlike rush of anything
a deluge of visitors
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈdelˌuged or ˈdelˌuging
4. 
to flood; inundate
5. 
to overwhelm as with a flood

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Deluge

see synonyms of deluge
n.
1.
a. A great flood.
b. A heavy downpour.
2. Something that overwhelms as if by a great flood: a deluge of fan mail.
3. Deluge In the Bible, the great flood that occurred in the time of Noah.
tr.v. del·uged, del·ug·ing, del·ug·es
1. To overrun with water; inundate.
2. To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp: The press secretary was deluged with requests for information.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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