Deluge

/ˈdɛl.juːdʒ/

noun

  1. A great flood or rain.

    The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.

  2. An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.

    The rock concert was a deluge of sound.

  3. (military engineering) A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature within the Vertical Launching System.

verb

  1. To flood with water.

    Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.

  2. To overwhelm.

    After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.

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