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as in flood
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
a deluge of thanks and appreciation for the returning troops
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as in rain
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
the exiting moviegoers were caught in the deluge without umbrellas
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as in to flood
to cover with a flood
deluged with requests for help
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Recent Examples of deluge
Callum Booth, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
For many, the deluge of snow, wrapped in sub-freezing temperatures promising to sink toward zero, raised the specter of power outages and busted pipes.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Americans are deluged with misinformation and disinformation that's coming from a variety of sources.
—CBS News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Reading ‘Inner Excellence?’ There have been a deluge of jokey comments and memes regarding the event.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
For many, the deluge of snow, wrapped in sub-freezing temperatures promising to sink toward zero, raised the specter of power outages and busted pipes.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
Hurricanes, intensified by abnormally hot seawater, pummeled the Caribbean and the American Southeast, and floods deluged parts of Africa and Europe.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Americans are deluged with misinformation and disinformation that's coming from a variety of sources.
—CBS News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluge
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Showers could linger into Tuesday, spawning flood watches in areas where the Palisades, Franklin, Eaton, Bridge, and Hughes wildfires burned.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Ahead of the storm, the National Weather Service issued flood watches for the Palisades, Eaton, Hughes, Franklin and Bridge fire burn scars.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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Crazy cold temps, snow removal out of the stadium, rain tarps off after 7 days down, and then grow tarps off on Wednesday.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2025
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Summer heat tolerance was impressive with the 2-inch flower heads also standing up to rain and cold.—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
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Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor, who had a home in the Altadena neighborhood that was engulfed in flames by the Eaton Fire, lost everything in a blink of an eye.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Just a few hours later, flames had engulfed almost every home on their block.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Eaton and Palisades fires destroyed at least 11 public and private schools and some 30 child-care facilities — and thousands of families have been displaced by the torrent of damage — more than 12,000 structures destroyed, including many homes.—
Kate Sequeira,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs capitalized on a torrent of Texans mistakes — eight penalties among them — and missed opportunities to slowly seize control.—
Zak Keefer,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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And create a burnout-free zone at home, where discussion of work is prohibited. VIDEO QUIZ Snowfall records were broken in a number of Gulf Coast states after a winter storm slammed the region.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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One account holds that the old Celtic cross was stolen, and then floated back to the island after a storm.—
Leslie Jamison,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Deluge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluge. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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