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delugenoun a great flow of water or of something that overwhelmsa deluge of thanks and appreciation for the returning troops alluvion, bath, cataclysm, cataract, flood, flood tide, inundation, Niagara, overflow, spate, torrent current, river, stream, tidecloudburst, discharge, flush, gush, outflow, outpouringflux, inflow, influxengulfment, washoutavalanche, blizzardcascade, waterfallexcess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus drought(also drouth) dribble, drip, trickle a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantitythe exiting moviegoers were caught in the deluge without umbrellas cloudburst, downfall, downpour, rain, rainfall, rainstorm, storm, wet precipitation, showerthundershower, thunderstorm, weather drizzle, mist, mizzle, scud, spit, sprinkle to cover with a flooddeluged with requests for help drown, engulf, flood, gulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swamp avalanche, smotherovercome, overrunflow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, streamdouse(also dowse), drench, soak, wet drain dehydrate, dry, parch in the 14th century |