noun, verb
noun [usuallysing.]
1 a sudden very heavy fall of rain; a flood:
When the snow melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge.
2 a large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time:
a deluge of calls / complaints / letters
verb [VN]
1 ~ sb/sth (with sth) [usuallypassive] to send or give sb/sth a large number of things at the same time
SYNINUNDATE:
We have been deluged with applications for the job. * He was deluged with phone calls from friends and colleagues. * Applicants deluged the office with calls.
2 [oftenpassive] (formal) to flood a place with water:
The campsite was deluged by a flash flood.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for deluge is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does deluge appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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