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Definition
a large amount of something — especially wateror:
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.
- In one week, we went from drought to deluge.
- The deluge continues as if the Gamemakers are intent on washing us all away.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- Then I'm deluged in lemony foam that I have to scrape off with a heavy bristled brush.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- 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
- We know the story of the Deluge from Holy Scripture.Wladyslaw Szpilman -- The Pianist
- 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
- 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
deluged = overwhelmed
deluge = an overwhelming amount of water
deluge = overwhelming rain
deluged = drenched (flooded with)