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Torrent

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Noun

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

a heavy rain

2. torrent, violent stream

a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)

Example Sentences:
'the houses were swept away in the torrent'

3. deluge, flood, inundation, torrent

an overwhelming number or amount

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Torrent

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adjective
4. rare
like or relating to a torrent
noun
1. 
a fast, voluminous, or violent stream of water or other liquid
2. 
an overwhelming flow of thoughts, words, sound, etc
3. computing
a file that controls the transfer of data in a BitTorrent system
BitTorrent

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Torrent

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noun
1. 
a swift, violent stream, esp. of water
2. 
a flood or rush of words, mail, etc.
3. 
a very heavy fall of rain
adjective
4.  Rare
of or like a torrent

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

Torrent

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n.
1. A turbulent, swift-flowing stream.
2. A heavy downpour; a deluge.
3. A heavy, uncontrolled flow: a torrent of insults; torrents of 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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