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Definition
an overwhelming amount — especially of quickly moving water
- The rain was descending in torrents, and Rostov, with a young officer named Ilyin, his protege, was sitting in a hastily constructed shelter.Book Nine — 1812 (54% in)
- Then all at once she remembered the tortures of suspense she had experienced for the last fortnight, and the joy that had lit up her face vanished; she frowned and overwhelmed Pierre with a torrent of reproaches and angry words.Book Fifteen — 1812-13 (59% in)
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