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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

Rain storms had deluged the country, and rendered the roads well nigh impassable, and the movement was, in consequence, very slow.

From The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)