deluge
Collocations
4ADJ.
biggest, fiery, notable, overwhelmed, received, turned, under
VERB + DELUGE
collapsed, drowned, like, releasing, scale
DELUGE + NOUN
barbarians, danaan, history, hours, scandal, streets, water
PREP.
after, from, in, in, into, with
Definitions
noun
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.
A fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
A 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
2002, NAVEDTRA, Gunner's Mate 14324A In the event of a restrained firing or canister overtemperature condition, the deluge system sprays cooling water within the canister until the overtemperature condition no longer exists.
verb
To flood with water.
Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.
South Yorkshire 2019: The track at Conisbrough is deluged by floodwater. Lines were shut and services were disrupted across Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
To overwhelm.
After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.
In Women on the Verge all of the characters are deluged by and constantly dealing with the effects and messages of pop culture.
name
The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto norma
- flood
- inundation
- alluvion
noun — a heavy rain
- downpour
- cloudburst
- waterspout
- torrent
- pelter
- soaker
noun — an overwhelming number or amount
verb — charge someone with too many tasks
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
WiktionaryThe rock concert was a deluge of sound.
WiktionaryA fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
WiktionarySome areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.
WiktionarySouth Yorkshire 2019: The track at Conisbrough is deluged by floodwater. Lines were shut and services were disrupted across Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
WiktionaryAfter the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.
Wiktionary