deluging

present participle of deluge

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluging
Verb
  • Several private roads were impassable Monday due to Vallecito Creek and Grimes Creek flooding over the banks.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Disingenuous advertising can lure in claimants with questionable or exaggerated claims, flooding the courts with frivolous cases.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Israel’s self-defense policies risk engulfing the region in turmoil and harming the country’s stability.
    Yossi Shelley, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • An opera which seriously addressed that theme would be equal to the crisis that is engulfing the American experiment.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Deluging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluging. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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