deluge
noun
a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
had deluged
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past perfectof deluge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Eugene Rossi, a lawyer for riot defendant William Isaacs, said prosecutors had deluged defense lawyers with an "avalanche of documents" like the flow "out of a fire hydrant."
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2021
Chaturvedi, the author of the new book, has herself been the target of social media trolling, filing a police complaint last year against an anonymous Twitter account that had deluged her with malicious posts.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2016
Rain had deluged the Mall only a few hours earlier.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2015
But by then, water gushing from 15-foot-wide hole that opened up on Sunset had deluged the campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2014
On this Mr. Gatty had deluged them with words.
From Christie Johnstone by Charles Reade
