The definition of a torrent is a stream or rush of something like water, rain or mail.
(noun)An example of torrent is rain coming down at a rapid pace.
See torrent in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: Fr < L torrens, burning, roaring, rushing, impetuous, prp. of torrere, to parch, dry, roast, consume: see thirst
adjective
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Latin torrēns, torrent-
Origin: , from present participle of torrēre, to burn; see ters- in Indo-European roots
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