DELUGING Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

deluging

verb

present participle of deluge

as in flooding

to cover with a flood deluged with requests for help

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Recent Examples of deluging The water main break also flooded streets in the area, deluging parked cars. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Civil servants in the town of Fujikawaguchiko erected a black wall to try to stop tourists from deluging the town to take photos in front of a backdrop of Mount Fuji. — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

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In one image, a young sitter with the Arabic word for ‘justice’ painted on her cheek gazes sensuously into the camera, while flooding the frame with wafts of smoke.

— Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
The break left a giant sinkhole on Sunset Boulevard and sent about 17 million gallons of water into surrounding neighborhoods, shuttering businesses, and flooding homes and underground parking.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

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By the time crews arrived at the scene, somewhere between 3 and 4 feet of water and mud had accumulated in the theater, engulfing all of the ground floor seats and rising to the height of the elevated stage.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Under the microscope, the researchers observed these supergiants running over smaller kin and engulfing them whole at the rate of one every 10 minutes.

— Jay Kakade July 23, Refractor, 23 July 2026

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