as in flood
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
the dam broke, unleashing a torrent down the dry riverbed
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Recent Examples of torrent
Millions of dollars in aid have flowed from the pond, along with torrents of words for and against it.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The ocean becomes a torrent of rolling hills.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
No one ever thought that the catastrophic flooding that occurred on the Little River and the Halfway River could become torrents of destructive force.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The ocean becomes a torrent of rolling hills.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
No one ever thought that the catastrophic flooding that occurred on the Little River and the Halfway River could become torrents of destructive force.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torrent
flood
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Among the schools was TCU, whose players and coaches also wore green ribbons on their lapels at Big 12 Media Days back in July, less than a week after the flood.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday, 85 scientists released a 459-page rebuttal to the DOE report, highlighting a large body of scientific literature pointing to how climate change can exacerbate droughts, floods, crop failures, and other disasters.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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