1
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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2
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
Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Luna said the alleged doxxing led to a deluge of harassing messages.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
Alexandra Banner, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
Some rural areas of South Carolina, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle were deluged with up to a foot of rain in recent days, AccuWeather reported.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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Noun
Then the deluge began – a drenching rain that caused play to be stopped for more than an hour-and-a-half as the players and fans alike fled the grounds.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Luna said the alleged doxxing led to a deluge of harassing messages.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
Verb
More than a month’s worth of rain deluged much of Kentucky in less than 24 hours and set the deadly flooding into motion.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
Some rural areas of South Carolina, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle were deluged with up to a foot of rain in recent days, AccuWeather reported.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluge
Noun
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And that flood will continue for 10 years straight as the Rubin Observatory executes its signature project, dubbed the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
1 July 2025
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Without good plumbing, teams can drown in a flood of false positives or irrelevant data.—
Alex Lanstein,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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By Thursday evening, five inches of rain had fallen in parts of western Texas, including Midland and Odessa.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 July 2025
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The Guadalupe River has had a history of floods, with one of the most prominent incidents occurring in 1987, when five to 10 inches of rain fell in the upper headwaters of the river’s basin.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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More than one-third of Tuvalu’s population is seeking to move to Australia under a new climate visa program, as their own nation is at great risk of being engulfed by the sea.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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By this point, Robbie is presumed dead, seemingly engulfed by a fireball after joining up with the military.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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Fucci, who was staying near the Guadalupe River, filmed on her phone a torrent of muddy water flooding the road to her grandmother's house.—
Susan Miller,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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Trump’s second term has unleashed a torrent of assaults on protest and dissent, from revoking visas and disappearing activists, to withholding federal funds from universities that won’t dismantle diversity initiatives.—
Time,
Time,
2 July 2025
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The storms may bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and penny-sized hail (0.75 inches).—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 June 2025
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Severe storms in the US this spring caused millions of dollars in damages to crops.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
28 June 2025
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“Deluge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://x0upouf933.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/thesaurus/deluge. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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