Both Uses
deluge
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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- The barbarians passed over the Coliseum; the deluge, perhaps, passed over the Pyramids.†
Chpt 1.5.2 *deluge = an overwhelming amount; or to overwhelm -- especially said of water
- These sanctuaries, in the midst of the deluge of penal and barbarous jurisdictions which inundated the city, were a species of islands which rose above the level of human justice.†
Chpt 2.9.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(deluge) a large amount of something -- especially water
or:
to overwhelm with a large amount of something -- especially water - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)