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as in flood
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
a deluge of thanks and appreciation for the returning troops
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as in rain
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
the exiting moviegoers were caught in the deluge without umbrellas
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as in to flood
to cover with a flood
deluged with requests for help
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Recent Examples of deluge
Bloomberg, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The deluge of questions about California’s tax system forces Dunn, the call center’s chief, to reassign agents three months of the year, taking them away from other work collecting revenue for California.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
The most rain has deluged Martinsville, which has recorded 7.27 inches across the four-day span.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Noun
What remains unknown is to what extent real estate disclosures compel sellers to preemptively improve wildfire resilience — or how much buyers are paying attention to the warnings amid a deluge of disclosures that accompany the sale of a house.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The deluge of questions about California’s tax system forces Dunn, the call center’s chief, to reassign agents three months of the year, taking them away from other work collecting revenue for California.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
The simple landlines once used to call friends or family have evolved into omnipresent glossy screens that never leave our sight and flood our brain with hours of data daily, deluging us with endless messages, emails, videos and a soundtrack that many play constantly to block the outside world.
—Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
The most rain has deluged Martinsville, which has recorded 7.27 inches across the four-day span.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluge
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Protests erupted across the Philippines and paralyzed the capital Manila on Sunday over a corruption scandal involving flood-control projects in a nation battered by storms and poverty.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
21 Sep. 2025
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The boy’s 26-year-old father was earlier rescued from an island created by the flood, Barstow police said in a news release.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Rarely has a Premier League meeting in mid-September at Old Trafford felt like a single leg of a straight knock-out cup tie, the teeming rain and dark, heavy sky lending a midwinter feel to proceedings.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Adding to the chaos were a number of yellow flags, caused by drivers veering into the run-off areas, while the rain towards the end of the session added to the uncertainty.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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But as her due date grew closer, fighting in her neighborhood escalated, engulfing the entire village.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The docuseries initially picked up steam after debuting at SXSW in 2024 and was engulfed by Starz.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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The generative AI boom has unleashed a torrent of new startups, each promising to disrupt industries with the power of artificial intelligence.—
Sajal Singh,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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All new parents know that precious moments with your firstborn come in dribs and drabs and then in a torrent.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuits seek money to help communities cope with the risks and harms from global warming, including more extreme storms, floods and heat waves.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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Doing so is difficult; such dams are often washed out in each new big storm.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Deluge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluge. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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