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deluge

[ del-yooj, -yoozh, del-ooj, -oozh, dih-looj, -loozh ]

noun

  1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
  2. a drenching rain; downpour.
  3. anything that overwhelms like a flood:

    a deluge of mail.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. the Deluge. flood ( def 3 ).


verb (used with object)

deluged, deluging.
  1. to flood; inundate.
  2. to overrun; overwhelm:

    She was deluged with congratulatory letters.

Deluge

1

/ 藞诲蓻濒箩耻藧诲萧 /

noun

  1. the Deluge
    another name for the Flood
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

deluge

2

/ 藞诲蓻濒箩耻藧诲萧 /

noun

  1. a great flood of water
  2. torrential rain; downpour
  3. an overwhelming rush or number

    a deluge of requests

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown
  2. to overwhelm or overrun; inundate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of deluge1

First recorded in 1325鈥75; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin 诲墨濒耻惫颈耻尘 鈥渇lood,鈥 equivalent to 诲墨濒耻惫-, base of 诲墨濒耻别谤别 鈥渢o wash away, dissolve鈥 ( 诲墨- di 2 + -luere, combining form of lavere 鈥渢o wash鈥) + -ium -ium
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of deluge1

C14: from Old French, from Latin 诲墨濒耻惫颈耻尘 a washing away, flood, from 诲墨濒耻别谤别 to wash away, drench, from di- dis- 1+ -luere, from lavere to wash
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In the aftermath of AB 218, state legislators have introduced several bills to attempt to make it easier for governments and school districts to deal with the financial fallout from the deluge of suits.

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He contributed his starter pack because "like many artists who use their real hands", he was "tired" of the deluge of AI-generated doll images.

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We鈥檙e being inundated with mass amounts of ugliness, and the purveyors of this unsightly deluge want to bury us so deeply that we鈥檒l forget how pleasant the world can be.

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For months, the Stanford administration had urged the prosecution of Gohill along with the others, but eventually backed away from that position under a deluge of groups that came to Gohill鈥檚 defense.

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The hiring of new firefighters has also bogged down amid the deluge of sometimes-conflicting orders from the administration and DOGE, Forest Service staffers said.

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