1
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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2
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
Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Suffocate them with an ample deluge of water and stir to ensure complete cooling.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2025
Andrew Solender, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
Supporters, some of whom have championed his anti-insurance-industry message, have deluged him with correspondence in the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
—Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Satellite imagery published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) exhibits some of the U.S.' major waterways overwhelmed following a multi-day deluge of rain that lashed parts of the Midwest and South last week.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Suffocate them with an ample deluge of water and stir to ensure complete cooling.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
Democrats in particular have been deluged with calls from their grassroots base to take a maximalist approach to fighting Trump.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
Supporters, some of whom have championed his anti-insurance-industry message, have deluged him with correspondence in the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
—Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluge
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For more than four decades, the state of the climate has been part of the national conversation—especially when severe weather events linked to a warming world such as droughts, floods, heat waves, and hurricanes occur.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Constructed in the later half of the 19th century, the building has weathered fire, flood, abandonment—and even ghosts.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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Pots will flood when the rain can't drain out and drown the roots.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2025
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New Jersey Fire May Burn for Days The fire in the southern part of New Jersey, which began on April 22, could continue to burn for days before rain later this week, officials said.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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So, this was the crisis that engulfed Virginia at the end of April in 1775.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Police officers and firefighters arrived to find the building fully engulfed in flames.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2025
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But the two creeks skirting Damascus had already converged in a swollen torrent, swallowing the main road through town.—
Barbara Kingsolver,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2025
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Wolf’s now-legendary 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was not attended by Donald Trump but was attended by his then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, drew a torrent of angry responses — and not all from the right.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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East-Central Florida: Showers and isolated storms will be possible from mid to late afternoon, mainly near to northwest of the I-4 corridor.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Sultans of Swing by British rock band Dire Straits, which has become the squad’s anthem of the season, went down a storm.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Deluge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluge. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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