deluge
[ del-yooj, -yoozh, del-ooj, -oozh, dih-looj, -loozh ]
/ ˈdɛl yudʒ, -yuʒ, ˈdɛl udʒ, -uʒ, dɪˈludʒ, -ˈluʒ /
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noun
a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
a drenching rain; downpour.
anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.
the Deluge. flood (def. 3).
verb (used with object), del·uged, del·ug·ing.
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Origin of deluge
synonym study for deluge
1. See flood.
OTHER WORDS FROM deluge
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British Dictionary definitions for deluge (1 of 2)
deluge
/ (ˈdɛljuːdʒ) /
noun
a great flood of water
torrential rain; downpour
an overwhelming rush or numbera deluge of requests
verb (tr)
to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown
to overwhelm or overrun; inundate
Word Origin for deluge
C14: from Old French, from Latin dīluvium a washing away, flood, from dīluere to wash away, drench, from di- dis- 1 + -luere, from lavere to wash
British Dictionary definitions for deluge (2 of 2)
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