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del·uge (del′yo̵̅o̅j′)

noun

  1. a great flood
  2. a heavy rainfall
  3. an overwhelming, floodlike rush of anything a deluge of visitors

Etymology: ME < OFr < L diluvium < dis, off, from + luere, var. of lavare, to lave

transitive verb deluged -·uged′, deluging -·ug′·ing

  1. to flood; inundate
  2. to overwhelm as with a flood
deluge Idioms

the Deluge

Bible the great flood in Noah's time: Gen. 7

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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