1. An overwhelming number or amount
   - flood, inundation, torrent 
2. A heavy rain
   - downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker, gullywasher [US] 
3. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
   - flood, inundation, alluvion

1. Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
   - flood, inundate, swamp 
2. Charge someone with too many tasks
   - overwhelm, flood out 
3. Fill or cover completely, usually with water
   - inundate, submerge

Derived forms: deluges, deluging, deluged

See also: diluvial

Type of: batch, burden, charge, deal, fill, fill up, flock, flood, geological phenomenon, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, make full, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, rain, rainfall, saddle, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

Encyclopedia: Deluge

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