deluge

Speech parts

1. deluge - Noun

2. deluge - Verb

3. Deluge - Proper noun

Meaning

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).

Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.

To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

flood swamp overwhelm inundation submerge downpour soaker inundate alluvion pelter torrent waterspout cloudburst flood out mass
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Antonyms

clear depression damage absence drought elimination
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Hypernyms

mass peck mountain WAD mickle mint

Hyponyms

debacle flash flood flashflood Noah and the Flood Noachian deluge Noah's flood

Related terms

antediluvian

Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

deluged deluging

Examples

plains fertilized by annual inundations Source: Internet

a flood of requests Source: Internet

a torrent of abuse Source: Internet

the basement was inundated after the storm Source: Internet

The images flooded his mind Source: Internet

All this time the water never ceased to fall from the sky; I do not say it rained, for it was like another deluge. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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