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Meaning of 'deluge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deluge [ n.]
- A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
- Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
2 . Deluge [ v. t.]
- To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
- To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.

Meaning of 'deluge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deluge [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an overwhelming number or amount
Example in sentence:
  • a flood of requests;
  • a torrent of abuse
Meaning (2):
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Example in sentence:
  • plains fertilized by annual inundations
3 . deluge [ v]
Meaning (3):
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
Example in sentence:
  • the basement was inundated after the storm;
  • The images flooded his mind

Nearby Words:

del del credere delaceration delacrymation delactation delaine delamination delapsation delapse delapsed

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