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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

/ ˈɛː /

noun

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

deluge

2

/ ˈɛː /

noun

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

    a deluge of requests

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deluge1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īܱܳ “flood,” equivalent to īܱ-, base of īܱ “to wash away, dissolve” ( ī- di 2 + -luere, combining form of lavere “to wash”) + -ium -ium
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deluge1

C14: from Old French, from Latin īܱܳ a washing away, flood, from īܱ to wash away, drench, from di- dis- 1+ -luere, from lavere to wash
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County, it was a deluge that still hasn’t stopped.

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Amid so much anguish, uncertainty and an overwhelming deluge of information, where would they even begin?

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The deluge of cases, however, suggest that states have not been able or have not been willing to carry out civil rights enforcement.

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