All 4 Uses
torrent
in
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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- When he roars it is like the torrent of the storm, his breath is like fire, and his jaws are death itself.†
Book 2 *
- As for Humbaba, when he roars it is like the torrent of the storm, his breath is like fire and his jaws are death itself.†
Book 2
- In the evening the rider of the storm will bring you wheat in torrents.†
Book 5torrents = overwhelming amounts
- For six days and six nights the winds blew, torrent and tempest and flood overwhelmed the world, tempest and flood raged together like warring hosts.†
Book 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(torrent) an overwhelming amount -- especially of quickly moving water
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)