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[ del -yooj, -yoozh, del -ooj, -oozh, dih-looj , -loozh ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdɛl yudʒ, -yuʒ, ˈdɛl udʒ, -uʒ, dɪˈludʒ, -ˈluʒ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
a drenching rain; downpour.
anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.
the Deluge. flood (def. 3).
verb (used with object), del·uged, del·ug·ing. to flood; inundate.
to overrun; overwhelm: She was deluged with congratulatory letters.
Origin of deluge 1325–75; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dīluvium “flood,” equivalent to dīluv-, base of dīluere “to wash away, dissolve” (dī- di2 + -luere, combining form of lavere “to wash”) + -ium -ium
SYNONYMS FOR deluge 3 cataclysm, catastrophe.
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synonym study for deluge 1 . See flood.
OTHER WORDS FROM deluge un·del·uged, adjective Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for deluge Predictably, he was deluge d with angry responses; as of this writing, he is still responding to critics.
Richard Dawkins Would Fail Philosophy 101 | Elizabeth Picciuto| August 28, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The paper was deluge d with complaints from readers, and from UK and overseas Jewish groups, before issuing a prompt apology.
A 10-Point Guide To Anti-Semitism And Its Perception | Mark Gardner| February 14, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Anyone who votes for it is going to be deluge d with angry phone calls and some very ugly attack ads come next campaign.
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But then they saw the water rise—the result of the failed federal levee system that deluge d 80 percent of the city.
Waiting Out Hurricane Isaac in New Orleans | Katy Reckdahl| August 29, 2012| DAILY BEAST
But now she finds herself in the opposite situation, deluge d with requests for interviews, appearances, and reviews.
Diana Athill on How to Age Gracefully | Lucy Scholes| April 30, 2012| DAILY BEAST
The music-loving, impressionable Spanish-Americans deluge d the company with dollars and "vivas."
It had no power to stop the torrent of vice which deluge d the city of Rome, and virtue found it a feeble protection.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence | Cornelius Tacitus
He ran over in the same feeble flow of words with which he had deluge d Midwinter on the occasion when they first met.
The entire Conservative press denounced him as a traitor, and he was deluge d with abuse.
Lord Randolph Churchill | Winston Spencer Churchill
Many of our adobe houses were deluge d with water, and the mountain-sides exhibited cataracts in every direction.
The Philosophy of the Weather | Thomas Belden Butler
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British Dictionary definitions for deluge (1 of 2) noun a great flood of water
torrential rain; downpour
an overwhelming rush or number a deluge of requests
verb (tr) to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown
to overwhelm or overrun; inundate
Word Origin for deluge C14: from Old French, from Latin dīluvium a washing away, flood, from dīluere to wash away, drench, from di- dis- 1 + -luere, from lavere to wash
British Dictionary definitions for deluge (2 of 2) noun the Deluge another name for the Flood
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Words related to deluge inundation, spate, avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, torrent, drench, soak, flood, overwhelm, swamp, douse, submerge, overflow, overrun, engulf, teem, inundate, overload, overcrowd