Definitions of deluge
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To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.
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To overwhelm; to overflow.
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To inundate: to overwhelm as with water.
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To inundate; overflow.
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To overwhelm with water; inundate.
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fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; " the basement was inundated after the storm"; " The images flooded his mind"
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charge someone with too many tasks
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To overflow with water; to drench; to overrun, overwhelm, and sweep away.
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Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
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An inundation or flood, especially that of the time of Noah ( Genesis vii); a sudden and resistless calamity.
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A great overflow of water: a flood, esp. that in the days of Noah.
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A flood; inundation.
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A great flood or overflow of water, specially that of Noah; a sweeping or overwhelming calamity.
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A great flood; an inundation; an overwhelming calamity; the great flood of Noah.