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• The controversial article triggered a deluge of angry letters from readers.From the entry trigger
• “There has been such a deluge of attention on we coronavirologists,” said Susan R.2020 June 2, Alan Burdick, “Monster or Machine? A Profile of the Coronavirus at 6 Months”, in The New York Times. From the entry coronavirologist
• It doesn't take too many follows to become overwhelmed with the deluge of content on Twitter.2012, Brett Petersel, Esther Schindler, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twitter Marketing. From the entry follow
• A deluge of Ben Franklins, Ulysses Grants, and Andrew Jacksons strafed the ground.2004, Peter Plate, chapter 23, in Fogtown: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Seven Stories Press, →ISBN, page 156. From the entry Ulysses Grant
• A continuously circulated firewater line supplies a deluge cooling system in each gathering center for fire containment.1981, Energy Progress, page 205. From the entry firewater
• Critics of MCEDs also warn that a deluge of test results could put additional pressure on already overstretched health services.2023 May 17, Jamie Smyth, “Quick blood tests to spot cancer: will they help or harm patients?”, in Financial Times. From the entry overstretched
• Paradoxically, the deluge of writing itself contributes to declining readership.2013 September 6, Colin Robinson, “Put down the pen and give us all a break”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, page 39. From the entry paradoxically
• Anyone who has attended a technology conference or registered on a Web site is deluged with the cyberequivalent of junk mail.1997 December 15, Computerworld, volume 31, number 50. From the entry cyberequivalent
• One of the three largest mines in the world—the Luanchuan molybdenum, lead, and zinc mine—attracted a deluge of miners.1994, Geping Qu, Li Jinchang, translated by Jiang Baozhong and Gu Ran, edited by Robert B. Boardman, Population and the Environment in…. From the entry Luanchuan
• With Bombay's crammed newspaper market suddenly swamped by a deluge of vernacular eveningers, the city's presses are humming with activity.1992, India Today, page 113. From the entry eveninger
• “How about, ‘After us the deluge,’” said Paul.[1952, Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano, page 152. From the entry after us the deluge
• I'll bite and I hope others more competent than I am have deluged you with rebuttals of absurd statements made therein.1932 December 25, T. Hayden Hamilton, “In Defense of Engineers: They Are Presented as Conscientious, Hard-Working, Sympathetic…. From the entry I'll bite
• For who ever saw the like of these man-eating Ghouls for corruption of manners, inhuman degeneration, and deluge of iniquities?1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 36. From the entry climacterical
• An overnight deluge has added to the weekend's sogginess and a few early revellers cowp into the mud to varying degrees of hilarity.2015 July 12, Amy Muir, “Down the Front: T in the Park 2015 in Pictures – Sunday”, in The Skinny. From the entry cowp
• To these pedestrians fled from the shelter of shops, tight-rope-walked across, and then fled along the slippery sidewalks to seek another refuge from the deluge.1924 April 6, Wade Griswold, “A Night in San Salvador”, in Illustrated Daily News, volume 1, number 200, Los Angeles, Calif.: Cornelius…. From the entry tight-rope-walk
• For some, the constant deluge that has peaked in the past year is starting to add up to a new (and previously unthinkable) feeling: Taylor Swift fatigue.2024 April 22, Matt Stevens, Shivani Gonzalez, “Taylor Swift Has Given Fans a Lot. Is It Finally Too Much?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry fatigue
• Chinese media reported on Tuesday that more than 70 crocodiles had escaped after deluges in Guangdong province caused a lake at a crocodile farm to overflow.2023 September 12, “Chinese city hunts for dozens of crocodiles”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2023. From the entry Guangdong

Meaning of deluge

1. noun A great flood or rain.
2. noun An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
3. noun A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.

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How do you use deluge in a sentence?

Deluge is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.”

What is a short sentence with deluge?

“deluge system, deluge gun, deluge set”

What does deluge mean?

Deluge means a great flood or rain.