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Deluge

//ˈdɛl.ju(d)ʒ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.
Noun
  1. 1
    A great flood or rain.

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

  2. 2
    the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land wordnet
  3. 3
    An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.

    "The rock concert was a deluge of sound."

  4. 4
    a heavy rain wordnet
  5. 5
    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"

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  1. 6
    an overwhelming number or amount wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To flood with water. transitive

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

  2. 2
    fill or cover completely, usually with water wordnet
  3. 3
    To overwhelm. transitive

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

  4. 4
    charge someone with too many tasks wordnet
  5. 5
    fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.

Etymology 2

From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.

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