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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
Leah Goodridge, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
The storm brought a deluge of rain and strong winds to Northern California on Tuesday, swelling rivers, flooding roadways, knocking out power and unleashing other damage across the region.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
Between 6 and 8 inches of rain deluged the area and triggered a rare flash flood emergency — the most severe flood alert — Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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Noun
This idea often stems from seeing a deluge of news reports about homeless people committing violent acts.
—Leah Goodridge, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
The storm brought a deluge of rain and strong winds to Northern California on Tuesday, swelling rivers, flooding roadways, knocking out power and unleashing other damage across the region.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
Reising warned that despite the big storms that have deluged the region in the past couple of months, a La Niña weather system has the potential to bring drier conditions, particularly in the southern portion of the state.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
Between 6 and 8 inches of rain deluged the area and triggered a rare flash flood emergency — the most severe flood alert — Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluge
Noun
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The impressions stayed covered until 1908 when a massive flood roared down the Paluxy River and scraped the riverbed.—
Kristy Christiansen,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2025
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The post has sparked a flood of reactions, with the overwhelming majority supporting the worker's decision.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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Highly insulated and sturdy thanks to an anti-skid rubber sole, don’t worry about slipping while wearing these in the rain.—
Michelle Tchea,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2025
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The heavy rain, combined with warmer temperatures, will allow for rivers to continue to rise.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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However, in the last month, SDA has been engulfed in crisis: Derek Tournear, the head of the agency, was put on leave a week before Trump's inauguration and marched out of the Pentagon.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Fog and mist engulfed DIA Tuesday afternoon and temperatures hovered around 8 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.—
Bruce Finley,
The Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2025
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Tensions were heightened between Russia and Washington during Joe Biden’s four-year tenure at the White House, as Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted a torrent of U.S.-led international sanctions on Moscow’s elite and economy and pitted Russia and its allies against the West.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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These exchanges made plain one of the challenges of running a superhero studio: Even the possibility of a new movie or a TV show featuring one of these characters — as a development projects that may never come to pass for a host of reasons — is enough to unleash a torrent of headlines.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the middle of the expedition, however, a vicious storm began to buffet the ship that had brought them out to sea.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
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Follows a speedy 12-year-old sloth named Laura whose odd sloth family is left homeless by a devastating storm.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Deluge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluge. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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