as in floods
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
the dam broke, unleashing a torrent down the dry riverbed
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Recent Examples of torrents
Or perhaps flying insects that make split-second changes to their flight patterns enjoy torrents of information flowing through their brains that we mere humans can only imagine.
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Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The lakes are often held in place by unstable ice dams and gravel bars that can fail with little warning, unleashing deadly torrents.
—Byathar Parvaiz, science.org, 2 Dec. 2024
The storm unleashed torrents of rain, significantly replenishing key water sources across the drought-prone state.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
The 31-year-old sherry bomb explodes in torrents of coconut and pineapple fruit before an unctuous, lingering finish of tobacco smoke.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Inland, particularly in the mountains, runoff can quickly turn normally tame rivers into fast-rising torrents.
—James R. Elliott, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
The majority of Helene’s victims were far from the coast, caught off guard as the storm unleashed more than 20 inches of rain in the mountains that quickly turned streams and rivers into raging torrents.
—Cary Mock, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
In an interview, Holt said recovery would be complicated by the terrain and housing patterns, with homes often scattered along creeks that turned into torrents.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The lakes are often held in place by unstable ice dams and gravel bars that can fail with little warning, unleashing deadly torrents.
—Byathar Parvaiz, science.org, 2 Dec. 2024
The storm unleashed torrents of rain, significantly replenishing key water sources across the drought-prone state.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
The 31-year-old sherry bomb explodes in torrents of coconut and pineapple fruit before an unctuous, lingering finish of tobacco smoke.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Inland, particularly in the mountains, runoff can quickly turn normally tame rivers into fast-rising torrents.
—James R. Elliott, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
The majority of Helene’s victims were far from the coast, caught off guard as the storm unleashed more than 20 inches of rain in the mountains that quickly turned streams and rivers into raging torrents.
—Cary Mock, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
In an interview, Holt said recovery would be complicated by the terrain and housing patterns, with homes often scattered along creeks that turned into torrents.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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