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Niagara

noun

nī-ˈa-g(ə-)rə How to pronounce Niagara (audio)
Definition of Niagaranext
as in flood
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms that uncensored remark brought a Niagara of angry calls to the television station

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  1. flood
  2. torrent
Noun
  • Technology analysts and traders are not buying the flood of warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the need to slow down development that have recently come from frontier model platforms.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In one scene, the couple turns up the music while the sound of ambulance sirens floods the streets.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of flood
Noun
  • Close in, a comet is battered by the torrent of the sun's solar wind, which pushes the comet's material away into a distinctive tail.
    — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • From wars – a Civil War, even – to presidential assassinations, fires, hurricanes, floods and what seems to be an unrelenting torrent of gun violence, our nation has seen its share of horror.
    — Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of torrent
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