as in torrent
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
a flood nearly wiped out the town a flood of messages on my computer
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as in to engulf
to cover with a flood
the lowlands were completely flooded angry calls flooded the radio station
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Recent Examples of flood
David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 June 2025
New Orleans — As the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins next week, a new study published Friday by researchers at Tulane University reveals hotspots in New Orleans' concrete flood walls which had been strengthened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
—Kati Weis
june 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Earlier in June, the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee, canceled after just one day of live music after rains flooded the campgrounds.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
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Noun
On June 11, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said a flood of deals was coming.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 June 2025
New Orleans — As the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins next week, a new study published Friday by researchers at Tulane University reveals hotspots in New Orleans' concrete flood walls which had been strengthened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
—Kati Weis
june 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
Verb
Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Earlier in June, the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee, canceled after just one day of live music after rains flooded the campgrounds.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flood
Noun
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Fucci, who was staying near the Guadalupe River, filmed on her phone a torrent of muddy water flooding the road to her grandmother's house.—
Susan Miller,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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Trump’s second term has unleashed a torrent of assaults on protest and dissent, from revoking visas and disappearing activists, to withholding federal funds from universities that won’t dismantle diversity initiatives.—
Time,
Time,
2 July 2025
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More than one-third of Tuvalu’s population is seeking to move to Australia under a new climate visa program, as their own nation is at great risk of being engulfed by the sea.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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By this point, Robbie is presumed dead, seemingly engulfed by a fireball after joining up with the military.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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Still, on a partly sunny Saturday under a flood watch, dozens of volunteers overwhelmed a site near the Round Mountain Baptist Church outside of Leander, forcing traffic to a standstill as emergency personnel actively searched for missing people.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
13 July 2025
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Inside, a black and grey cat thrashes around, overwhelmed.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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The campers drowned when their bus attempted to evacuate them and was overtaken by floodwater.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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On Saturday in Porter County, a father, 65, and his 20-year-old son drowned in Lake Michigan.—
Sophie Levenson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Vehicles sit submerged as a search and rescue worker looks through debris for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding on July 6, 2025 in Hunt, Texas.—
Paulina Smolinski,
CBS News,
7 July 2025
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Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 July 2025
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Though no one died from the 2 feet of rain that deluged Fort Lauderdale in a single day in April two years ago, the relentless rain forced hundreds to flee to Red Cross shelters, covered airport runways, filled the tunnel that runs under the New River and turned downtown streets into raging rivers.—
Denise Hruby
July 7,
Miami Herald,
7 July 2025
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Christian Fell, 25, stood for hours on the narrow top of a meter box, barely wide enough for both hands, to survive floodwaters that deluged his grandmother’s home.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
7 July 2025
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“Flood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flood. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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