After us, the Deluge.
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Deluge
//ˈdɛl.ju(d)ʒ//
Synonyms for "deluge" (208 found)
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Strong matches (62)
drowningduckdunkembarras de richessesengulfengulfmentenoughextravaganceextravagancyfloatflockflood the marketfloodingflowflow onflushfluxfreshfreshetgalaxy
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glutgushgushing rainheapheavy rainhordehosinghosing downhosthumidificationimmergeimmerseimmersioninundationirrigationjamlandslidelavinglavishnesslegionmassmergemobmoisteningmoney to burnmore than enoughmultitudeniagaraoutpouringoverabundanceoveraccumulationoverbounteousnessoverbrimovercomeovercopiousnessoverdose
Noun(3 words)
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overequipoverflowoverflowingoverfurnishoverlavishoverlavishnessoverluxurianceovermeasureovermuchnessovernumerousnessoverplentifulnessoverplentyoverpopulationoverprofusionoverprovenderoverprovideoverprovisionoverrunoverrunningoversell
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overstockoversufficiencyoversupplypanoplyplashplentyplethoraplunge in waterpourpour onpour outpour overpressprodigalityrabblerainrainburstrainspoutrainstormrashredundancyrinsingriverroutruckrun oversatiatescudshowersinkslopsloshsluicesoaksoakersoaking rainsopsousespargingspatespatteringspillspill outspill overspillagesplashingsplatteringspoutsprayingsprinklingstormstreamsubmergesubmersesubmersionsuperabundancesuperfluxsurfeitswampswashingsweepteemthe delugethe floodthrongtorrenttorrent of rainvolleywashoutwaterfloodwateringwaterspoutwellwetwettingwhelmwhelming
Noun(4 words)
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6 entrieshas context
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6 entriesTranslations
136 translations across 48 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- përmbytje noun (great flood)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- κατακλυσμός noun (great flood)
- κατακλύζω verb (to flood with water)
- κατακλύζω verb (to overwhelm)
Arabic
2 entries- طوفان name (the Biblical flood)
- طُوفَان noun (great flood)
Armenian
1 entries- ջրհեղեղ noun (great flood)
Bashkir
1 entries- Туфан name (the Biblical flood)
Belarusian
4 entries- зале́ва noun (great rain)
- лі́вень noun (great rain)
- навадне́нне noun (great flood)
- паво́дка noun (great flood)
Bulgarian
4 entries- Потопът name (the Biblical flood)
- дъжд noun (great rain)
- пото́п noun (great flood)
- наводнявам verb (to flood with water)
Catalan
1 entries- diluvi noun (great flood)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 大洪水 noun (great flood)
- 洪水 noun (great flood)
Czech
2 entries- příval noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- záplava noun (great flood)
Danish
1 entries- overflod noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
Dutch
3 entries- zondvloed name (the Biblical flood)
- overvloed noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- stortvloed noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
Esperanto
1 entries- diluvo noun (great flood)
Finnish
4 entries- vedenpaisumus name (the Biblical flood)
- kaatosade noun (great rain)
- tulva noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- vedenpaisumus noun (great flood)
French
4 entries- déluge name (the Biblical flood)
- déluge universel name (the Biblical flood)
- avalanche noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- déluge noun (great flood)
Galician
1 entries- dioivo noun (great flood)
German
1 entries- Sintflut name (the Biblical flood)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 name (the Biblical flood)
- 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (great flood)
Greek
1 entries- κατακλυσμός noun (great flood)
Hanunoo
1 entries- anaw noun (great flood)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַבּוּל name (the Biblical flood)
- מַבּוּל noun (great flood)
Hungarian
4 entries- áradat noun (great flood)
- áradat noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- özönvíz noun (great flood)
- eláraszt verb (to flood with water)
Ido
1 entries- diluvio noun (great flood)
Italian
4 entries- diluvio universale name (the Biblical flood)
- diluvio noun (great flood)
- diluvio noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- allagare verb (to flood with water)
Japanese
1 entries- 洪水 noun (great flood)
Korean
1 entries- 홍수 noun (great flood)
Latin
3 entries- abluvium noun (great flood)
- dīluvium noun (great flood)
- dīluviēs noun (great flood)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tvanas noun (great flood)
Macedonian
4 entries- до́жд noun (great rain)
- наезда noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- по́плава noun (great flood)
- по́рој noun (great rain)
Malayalam
3 entries- പെരുമഴ noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- പേമാരി noun (great rain)
- പ്രളയം noun (great flood)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- ɓa la maji name (the Biblical flood)
Māori
4 entries- parawhenua noun (great flood)
- patapataiāwhā noun (great rain)
- pūroro noun (great rain)
- pūrorohū noun (great rain)
Norn
1 entries- ålup noun (great rain)
Old Tupi
1 entries- 'yporu noun (great flood)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- سیل noun (great flood)
- سیلان noun (great flood)
- طوفان noun (great flood)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwaschwamunk noun (great flood)
Polish
4 entries- Potop name (the Biblical flood)
- potop noun (great flood)
- potop noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- zalew noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
Portuguese
2 entries- dilúvio noun (great flood)
- inundar verb (to flood with water)
Romanian
2 entries- diluviu noun (great flood)
- potop noun (great flood)
Russian
4 entries- всеми́рный пото́п name (the Biblical flood)
- ли́вень noun (great rain)
- наводне́ние noun (great flood)
- пото́п noun (great flood)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- an Tuil Ruadh name (the Biblical flood)
- tuil noun (great flood)
- tuil noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
Sicilian
1 entries- sdillùviu noun (great flood)
Spanish
4 entries- diluvio universal name (the Biblical flood)
- avalancha noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
- diluvio noun (great flood)
- diluvio noun (an overwhelming amount of something)
Swedish
3 entries- syndafloden name (the Biblical flood)
- störtflod noun (great flood)
- översvämma verb (to flood with water)
Tagalog
2 entries- delubyo noun (great flood)
- delubyo noun (great rain)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kerekauna noun (great flood)
Turkish
3 entries- Tufan name (the Biblical flood)
- tufan noun (great flood)
- tufan noun (great rain)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зали́ва noun (great rain)
- зли́ва noun (great rain)
- ли́вень noun (great rain)
- по́відь noun (great flood)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The deluge was a notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.
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The flood of 1342 was the biggest deluge in the history of central Europe.
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"High in the citadel the monstrous frame / pours forth an armed deluge to the day, / and Sinon, puffed with triumph, spreads the flame. / Part throng the gates, part block each narrow way; / such hosts Mycenae sends, such thousands to the fray."
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