deluge
noun
a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
deluges
Example Sentences
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The broadcaster additionally cited Americans’ continuous deluges of supportive comments when it asked the regulatory agency, in June, to drop its license order.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Newsom and other supporters have said the tunnel would protect the state’s water system as climate change intensifies severe droughts and deluges.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Monsoon rains paired with two rare tropical storm systems, sometimes known in the region as cyclones, dumped record deluges across Sri Lanka, and parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia last week.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
This means the increased risk of flooding, with ground becoming saturated by persistent winter rainfall and drainage systems overwhelmed by summer deluges.
From BBC ● May 23, 2024
A sublime man, who alone in those dark days escaped from black materialisms and revolutionary deluges with God, Freedom, Immortality, still his.
From Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson by John Charlton Hardwick
