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torrent definition

tor·rent (tôr′ənt, tär′-)

noun

  1. a swift, violent stream, esp. of water
  2. a flood or rush of words, mail, etc.
  3. a very heavy fall of rain

Etymology: Fr < L torrens, burning, roaring, rushing, impetuous, prp. of torrere, to parch, dry, roast, consume: see thirst

adjective

Rare of or like a torrent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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