Definition of torrential
1a : relating to or having the character of a torrent torrential rainsb : caused by or resulting from action of rapid streams torrential gravel
2 : resembling a torrent in violence or rapidity of flow
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Examples of torrential in a Sentence
The rain caused torrential flooding.
Recent Examples of torrential from the Web
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Meanwhile, even the most charitable reading of the Trump presidency thus far involves a good number of public, unforced errors as well as torrential scrutiny attending every dubious assertion from the White House.
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The forecast for more rain threatens to bring further misery to the more than 100,000 people displaced in the western and southern regions of the nation that were lashed by two days of torrential rains.
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Officials say hope is fading for finding survivors among 97 people missing in two days of torrential rains and landslides that swamped western and southern regions.
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Rainfall was torrential, totaling 2-3 inches in may locations.
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Waves of mud brought by torrential rains have left dozens dead in the south.
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1849
First Known Use of torrential
1849
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playDefinition of torrential for English Language Learners
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: coming in a large, fast stream
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