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deluge

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As a noun, deluge means a great flood or rain. As a verb, it means flood with water.

Meanings of deluge

9 meanings

A great flood or rain.
“The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.”
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
“The rock concert was a deluge of sound.”
firefightingA system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
“deluge system, deluge gun, deluge set”
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
“plains fertilized by annual inundations”
Similar: flood, inundation, alluvion

To flood with water.
“Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.”
To overwhelm.
“After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.”
Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
“the basement was inundated after the storm”
“The images flooded his mind”
Similar: flood, inundate, swamp
Charge someone with too many tasks
Similar: overwhelm, flood out
Fill or cover completely, usually with water
Similar: inundate, submerge