deluge

(dĕl'yūj, -yūzh, dā'lūj, -lūzh, dĭ-lūj', -lūzh')

1. 1. A great flood.
   2. A heavy downpour.
2. Something that overwhelms as if by a great flood: a deluge of fan mail.
3. Deluge In the Bible, the great flood that occurred in the time of Noah.

1. To overrun with water; inundate.
2. To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp: The press secretary was deluged with requests for information.

[From Middle English, flood, from Old French, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluere, to wash away : dis-, apart; see dis- + -luere, to wash.]

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noun

An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain: alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent. Chiefly British spate. See big/small/amount.

verb

1. To flow over completely: drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See full/empty/capacity.
2. To affect as if by an outpouring of water: flood, inundate, overwhelm, swamp, whelm. See full/empty/capacity.

Definition: barrage
Antonyms: trickle

n

Definition: downpour
Antonyms: drizzle

n.

A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.

• Storms - deluge: heavy rainstorm that causes flooding
• Wet weather

Dansk (Danish)
n. - oversvømmelse, syndflod, skybrud, Syndfloden
v. tr. - oversvømme, drukne

Nederlands (Dutch)
stortbui, stortvloed, overstroming, zondvloed, overstromen, overstelpen

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) déluge, inondation
v. tr. - (lit, fig) inonder de, submerger de

Deutsch (German)
v. - überschwemmen
n. - Sturzflut, Sintflut, Überschwemmung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατακλύζω, πλημμυρίζω
n. - κατακλυσμός, (μτφ.) κατακλυσμιαία βροχή

Italiano (Italian)
inondare, diluvio, alluvione

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inundar
n. - inundação (f), dilúvio (m)

Русский (Russian)
затоплять, поток, потоп

Español (Spanish)
n. - torrente, chaparrón, inundación, riada
v. tr. - inundar, abrumar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dränka, översvämma
n. - översvämnig, skyfall

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大洪水, 泛滥, 使泛滥, 蜂拥而至, 淹没, 压倒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大洪水, 泛濫
v. tr. - 使泛濫, 蜂擁而至, 淹沒, 壓倒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대홍수, (방문객 등의) 쇄도
v. tr. - 흘러 넘치게 하다, 쇄도하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大洪水, 大雨, 押し寄せるもの, 殺到, ノアの大洪水
v. - 氾濫させる, 殺到する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبعث أو يعطي شخص أو شئ كميه هائله من شئ ما, يغمر, يغرق بشئ وبخاصه بالماء (الاسم) طوفان, مطر شديد, كم هائل من شئ يتجمع في نفس الوقت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מבול‬
v. tr. - ‮המטיר, הציף‬

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