deluge

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A great flood or rain.

   • The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
2. 2

   An overwhelming amount of something

   An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.

   • The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
   • A fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
   • The little bird sits at his door in the sun, / Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, / And lets his illumined being o'errun / With the deluge of summer it receives.
3. 3

   A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency…

   A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.

   • deluge system, deluge gun, deluge set
   • 2002, NAVEDTRA, Gunner's Mate 14324A In the event of a restrained firing or canister overtemperature condition, the deluge system sprays cooling water within the canister until the overtemperature condition no longer exists.
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   1. 4

      To flood with water.

      • Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.
      • South Yorkshire 2019: The track at Conisbrough is deluged by floodwater. Lines were shut and services were disrupted across Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
   2. 5

      To overwhelm.

      • After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.
      • In Women on the Verge all of the characters are deluged by and constantly dealing with the effects and messages of pop culture.
   3. 6

      The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.

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