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Definition

a large amount of something — especially water

or:

to overwhelm with a large amount of something — especially water

The mayor declared a state of emergency after the deluge of 10'' of rain.

deluge = overwhelming amount

The White House was deluged with complaints.

deluged = overwhelmed

In one week, we went from drought to deluge.

deluge = an overwhelming amount of water

The deluge continues as if the Gamemakers are intent on washing us all away.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

deluge = overwhelming rain

Then I'm deluged in lemony foam that I have to scrape off with a heavy bristled brush.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

deluged = drenched (flooded with)

By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
2 Peter 3:6 (NIV)
Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall,
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
After a week of continuous rain Brewster Place was now bathed in a deluge of sunlight.
Gloria Naylor -- The Women of Brewster Place
Pilchuck drew Tom under a narrow shelf of rock, where, half protected from the deluge, they crouched in the semi-darkness.
Zane Grey -- The Thundering Herd
The seething impossibility of their predicament was like a heavy deluge of black water flooding around him, dragging him toward surrender.
James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
We know the story of the Deluge from Holy Scripture.
Wladyslaw Szpilman -- The Pianist
The storm had hit in full fury last night, bringing heavy winds and massive amounts of rain, dwarfing the previous deluge.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One
The old man's maxim was Apres moi le deluge.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall, May I but safely reach my home, My god, my Heaven, my All.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
Saphira roared in fury and arched her neck to loose another deluge of fire.
Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
Fresh cases arrived each day, but no longer in a deluge.
Ian McEwan -- Atonement
That was how everything went after the deluge.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude
Everybody knows that Gwen has been Lancelot's mistress since before the deluge, but what good is that?
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
The giant let go of the top of the tree, which swayed alarmingly and deluged Hagrid with a rain of pine needles, and looked down.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
That deluge of fire was worth seeing.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace

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