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torrent

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1. torrent - Noun

2. torrent - Adjective

3. torrent - Verb

Meaning

A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.

Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. Paul Valéry

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more. Oliver Goldsmith

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory. Robert Louis Stevenson

Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate. Samuel Johnson

Time is a river of passing events - a rushing torrent. Greek Proverb

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