as in torrents
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
a flood nearly wiped out the town a flood of messages on my computer
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as in engulfs
to cover with a flood
the lowlands were completely flooded angry calls flooded the radio station
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Recent Examples of floods
Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Europe experienced its most extensive flooding since 2013, Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic floods to parts of the US, killing at least 230 people, and extensive flooding in West and Central Africa led to around 1,500 deaths.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Tsunamis have caused loss of life with severe floods, erosion, and structural damage.
—George Petras, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Those who regularly help after disasters were pulled to new ones, like the floods in Central Texas that killed more than 100 people in July.
—Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
In the past 25 years alone there’s been a 134% increase in catastrophic floods.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
When heavy rain occurs, there is a potential for flooding, particularly in areas that are low-lying or prone to floods.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The species typically live a solitary life underground, but sometimes a heavy rain completely floods caves and the fish can find crevices and small openings to go from cave to cave.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 17 Sep. 2025
Climate change is generating devastating heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods and superstorms.
—Michael E. Mann, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Rainwater floods their tents and officers go cell-to-cell pressuring detainees to sign voluntary removal orders before they’re allowed to consult their attorneys.
—Kate Payne, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
Our communities face attack after attack—floods and fires fueled by Big Oil, ICE agenda kidnapping our neighbors, congress revoking our healthcare.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Europe experienced its most extensive flooding since 2013, Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic floods to parts of the US, killing at least 230 people, and extensive flooding in West and Central Africa led to around 1,500 deaths.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Tsunamis have caused loss of life with severe floods, erosion, and structural damage.
—George Petras, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Those who regularly help after disasters were pulled to new ones, like the floods in Central Texas that killed more than 100 people in July.
—Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
In the past 25 years alone there’s been a 134% increase in catastrophic floods.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
When heavy rain occurs, there is a potential for flooding, particularly in areas that are low-lying or prone to floods.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The species typically live a solitary life underground, but sometimes a heavy rain completely floods caves and the fish can find crevices and small openings to go from cave to cave.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 17 Sep. 2025
Climate change is generating devastating heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods and superstorms.
—Michael E. Mann, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
Bright sunlight floods the sensors with background noise, surface reflections distort the signal, and long-distance measurements require higher stability than short-range indoor use.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Rainwater floods their tents and officers go cell-to-cell pressuring detainees to sign voluntary removal orders before they’re allowed to consult their attorneys.
—Kate Payne, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for floods
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Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The valley floor hums with cowbells and the distant whir of paragliders circling above alpine meadows—as Trümmelbach’s glacial torrents roar through limestone caverns.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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If a disaster overwhelms state and local capacity, officials may request a presidential declaration, the agency said.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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This overload wastes storage, overwhelms engineering teams, clutters observability tools and slows investigations when something actually goes wrong.—
Bill Hineline,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Otherwise, the urgent always drowns out the important.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Plants will slowly die with yellowing foliage as water builds up in the container and drowns the roots.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Laura escapes her grasp and submerges Cherry, which Daniel witnesses.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Floods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floods. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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