Niagaras

noun

plural of Niagara
as in torrents
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. torrents
  2. floods
Noun
  • Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows?
    — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
  • There was also a time when leadership halted, then resumed, downloading torrents sourced from Anna’s Archive, another staffer testified.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of torrents
Noun
  • Dessert brings homemade gulab jamun and cardamom sticky toffee cake, which Gurjar floods with caramel and finishes with flaky salt.
    — Mehr Singh, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Last month, rains described as the heaviest in more than 80 years caused severe floods in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, and left eight people dead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of floods
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“Niagaras.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Niagaras. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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