flood tides

noun

plural of flood tide
as in floods
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms the flood tide of criticism that the company received

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flood tides
  1. floods
  2. torrents
Noun
  • Climate change, coupled with this year's extra-strong El Niño -- a temporary warming in parts of the equatorial Pacific that increase extreme events such as heat waves, floods and droughts -- are a warning of what could be in store.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Song suggested drones could assist civilian rescue teams during landslides, road collapses and floods.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of floods
Noun
  • Storms in late October and early November sent torrents of water through normally small or dry creeks that overflowed their banks and flooded local communities.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of torrents
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“Flood tides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flood%20tides. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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