as in torrent
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
a flood nearly wiped out the town a flood of messages on my computer
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as in to engulf
to cover with a flood
the lowlands were completely flooded angry calls flooded the radio station
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Recent Examples of flood
Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
When a major hurricane, flood or wildfire hits, FEMA starts working on a disaster only when requested by the state government.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Others have flooded social media with questions and concerns.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In the series, FitzGerald devotes one episode to rising insurance premiums for housing in Florida because of increasing flood risks, and how the risk initially was underpriced in order to encourage development there.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
When a major hurricane, flood or wildfire hits, FEMA starts working on a disaster only when requested by the state government.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
The agency said gushes of water flooded downstream villages, catching the children who were fishing or doing laundry on a nearby river by surprise and also destroying agricultural equipment and killing livestock.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Others have flooded social media with questions and concerns.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flood
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And yet the current torrent, fuelled by years of planning in right-wing circles and by Trump’s demagogic energies, is hardly unstoppable.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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The daily torrent of push alerts, breaking news, and viral outrages has been relentless — and exhausting.—
Sean Collins,
Vox,
28 Feb. 2025
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In 2015, a crowded nightclub in Bucharest, Romania was engulfed in flames after pyrotechnics were set off during a concert, killing 64 people.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
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One thing led to another, and in a matter of just a minute, the side of the house was engulfed by flames.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
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This data stored across multiple cloud environments, on-premises systems and SaaS applications has overwhelmed traditional classification methods.—
Asaf Kochan,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The threat on European alcohol overwhelmed the positive inflation news.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
14 Mar. 2025
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Businesses across sectors are drowning in information, yet many still haven’t found the right tools to manage, interpret, and act on it effectively.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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If Nike can continue to show positive signs from new product launches and partnerships, the rest of its headwinds might just be drowned out as noise.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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Read Next World 2,900-year-old settlement found submerged in Italy lake.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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Captured with the help of sophisticated radar mapping technology, the overhead view reveals the specter of structures submerged within the ice and a life only a few like Weiss could intimately describe.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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That perception began to turn last fall, when Hurricane Helene deluged Asheville, knocking out water and electricity for months.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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But after the federal courts were deluged with RICO cases, the Supreme Court has tried to limit its application.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
15 Oct. 2024
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“Flood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flood. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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