as in torrent
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
a flood nearly wiped out the town a flood of messages on my computer
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as in to engulf
to cover with a flood
the lowlands were completely flooded angry calls flooded the radio station
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Recent Examples of flood
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Jan. 2025
Among the immediate strains of climate change are increasingly frequent and severe hurricanes, floods, and heat waves, causing prolonged power outages, often leaving entire communities in the dark.
—Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
Raven Maragh-Lloyd, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Suddenly the sea rises and starts to flood the plain.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Trump is also getting ready to unleash a flood of tariffs on foreign imports, including auto supplies.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Jan. 2025
Among the immediate strains of climate change are increasingly frequent and severe hurricanes, floods, and heat waves, causing prolonged power outages, often leaving entire communities in the dark.
—Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
The side-eye meme Another Harris meme that flooded the internet is the side-eye image.
—Raven Maragh-Lloyd, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Suddenly the sea rises and starts to flood the plain.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Technology mogul Elon Musk has been using his X social media platform in recent weeks to unleash a torrent of criticisms and accusations aimed at political figures in Britain, Germany and Canada.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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Corrective information, such as reports pointing out the math fumble in the black spatula study, has less shock value and tends to get lost in the torrent of news around the initial scare.F.D. Flam, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2025
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Reis has made some big leaps in his career, but strolling into this City team — engulfed in the transitional chaos of the Premier League — would be by far the biggest of his career.Thom Harris, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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As Southern California continues to reel from the devastating fires that have engulfed entire Los Angeles County neighborhoods, the question on everyone’s mind is what sparked them and who is to blame.Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Jan. 2025
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This lack of collaboration is untenable in the current reality where the sea of fast-moving, stealth attackers threatens to overwhelm the dike entirely.Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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While liberals run the country from the Washington bureaucracy out to the grassroots, conservatives run the country by arousing the grassroots to overwhelm the resistance of Washington.Newt Gingrich, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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The proliferation of point solutions—tools that solve only one or two specific pain points—has left organizations drowning in software.Joshua Siler, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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While getting these hands-on pics, the bustle of the Vegas Strip didn’t drown out my music or prevent me from hearing my colleague Antonio G. Di Benedetto’s photo cues.Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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In the film, a catastrophic flood submerges everything in its path, including Cat’s home.Jamie Lang, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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What to Know Photos and videos shared on social media show cars and roads being submerged in water.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Reising warned that despite the big storms that have deluged the region in the past couple of months, a La Niña weather system has the potential to bring drier conditions, particularly in the southern portion of the state.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
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Between 6 and 8 inches of rain deluged the area and triggered a rare flash flood emergency — the most severe flood alert — Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.Dalia Faheid, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Flood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flood. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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