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deluges

deluges is the plural of deluge.

deluges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deluge.

Meaning of deluge

Noun

deluge (plural deluges)

  1. A great flood or rain.
    • The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
  2. (figuratively) An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
    • The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
  3. A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
    • deluge system, deluge gun, deluge set

See all 6 meanings of deluge

Questions about deluges

What is deluges the plural of?
Deluges is the plural of deluge.

Words near deluges in the dictionary

  1. deluge gun
  2. deluge guns
  3. deluged
  4. deluger
  5. delugers
  6. deluges
  7. delugeth
  8. deluging
  9. delugings
  10. deluginous
  11. delulu

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