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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The fashion statement of the rangy frontman served a more practical purpose when three-fourths through the two-hour show, a torrent of wind whipped through the stadium, bringing with it a chilly downpour that would last the duration of the concert.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The device boasts 128 GB of high-speed LPDDR5x memory (double the Orin’s capacity) and support for high-bandwidth I/O like 25 Gbps Ethernet and PCIe Gen5, enabling robots to ingest and process a torrent of sensor data in real time.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Millions of dollars in aid have flowed from the pond, along with torrents of words for and against it.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The ocean becomes a torrent of rolling hills.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The device boasts 128 GB of high-speed LPDDR5x memory (double the Orin’s capacity) and support for high-bandwidth I/O like 25 Gbps Ethernet and PCIe Gen5, enabling robots to ingest and process a torrent of sensor data in real time.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Millions of dollars in aid have flowed from the pond, along with torrents of words for and against it.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The ocean becomes a torrent of rolling hills.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torrent
flood
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The text records royal decrees including tax relief during poor Nile floods; donations to temples; the creation of a new priestly office; a festival tied to the heliacal rising of Sirius; and a calendar reform introducing a leap day every four years.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Torrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torrent. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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