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deluge

Syllabification: (del·uge)

Definition of deluge

a severe flood.
(the Deluge) the biblical Flood (recorded in Genesis 6-8).
a heavy fall of rain:a deluge of rain hit the plains
a great quantity of something arriving at the same time:a deluge of complaints

[with object] (usually be deluged)

inundate with a great quantity of something:he has been deluged with offers of work
flood:the country was deluged with rain

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, variant of diluve, from Latin diluvium, from diluere 'wash away'

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