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(deljuːdʒ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense deluges, present participle deluging, past tense, past participle deluged
1. countable noun [usually singular]
A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post. [+ of]
This has brought a deluge of criticism. [+ of]
2. verb [usually passive]
If a place or person is deluged with things, a large number of them arrive or happen at the same time.
During 1933, Papen's office was deluged with complaints. [beV-ed + with/by]
Synonyms: overwhelm, swamp, engulf, overload More Synonyms of deluge
3. countable noun
A deluge is a sudden, very heavy fall of rain.
About a dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.
Synonyms: flood, spate, overflowing, torrent More Synonyms of deluge
4. verb
If rain deluges a place, it falls very heavily there, sometimes causing floods.
[written]
At least 150 people died after two days of torrential rain deluged the capital. [VERB noun]
More Synonyms of deluge

deluge in British English

(ˈdɛljuːdʒ)
noun
1. 
a great flood of water
2. 
torrential rain; downpour
3. 
an overwhelming rush or number
a deluge of requests
verb (transitive)
4. 
to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown
5. 
to overwhelm or overrun; inundate
Word origin
C14: from Old French, from Latin dīluvium a washing away, flood, from dīluere to wash away, drench, from di- dis-1 + -luere, from lavere to wash

Deluge in British English

(ˈdɛljuːdʒ)
noun
the Deluge

deluge in American English

(ˈdɛlˌjudʒ)
noun
1. 
a great flood
2. 
a heavy rainfall
3. 
an overwhelming, floodlike rush of anything
a deluge of visitors
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈdelˌuged or ˈdelˌuging
4. 
to flood; inundate
5. 
to overwhelm as with a flood
Idioms:
the Deluge
Word origin
ME < OFr < L diluvium < dis, off, from + luere, var. of lavare, to lave1

Examples of 'deluge' in a sentence
deluge

The second warned that the country was about to be hit by a deluge of rain, which wasn't due to stop until the day my trip ended.
The Sun (2016)
The changes prompted a deluge of complaints.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It has also been deluged with rain.
The Sun (2008)
Price says she often felt deluged by a flood of unwanted memories.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It feels like a sudden deluge of sadness at the cruelty of what happened.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Since then hundreds have seen it and she has been deluged with calls from creeps.
The Sun (2014)
 Expect a deluge of apps in the future.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Online forums have been deluged with complaints by expats denouncing the trial as a whitewash.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Their plight was made much more apparent by the sudden deluge of enclosure acts at the end of the eighteenth century.
Brian Thompson DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America (2004)
Online forums were deluged with criticism.
The Sun (2010)
About two o'clock in the morning we were overwhelmed with a deluge of rain.
Eric Newby A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES (2003)
When the next deluge comes it'll be in the house.
The Sun (2014)
In 2000 a flood deluged his new premises and he had to move again.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Although don't expect a media deluge.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Instead, it has been drainage systems that have struggled to cope with sudden deluge.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Short of that happening, we can expect a deluge of fluffy advertising and boasts of charitable activities.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Soon, though, the court will face a deluge of such cases.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Tragedy struck again in 1955, when another thunderstorm burst with a deluge of rain.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The top of the circus tent was ripped off and sent flying, letting in a deluge of rain that caused thousands of pounds of damage.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Also, on the morning of the fire, the office was deluged with calls.
Christianity Today (2000)
With rivers close to bursting and ground sodden from days of downpours, tonight's fresh deluge comes at a particularly vulnerable time.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He will face a deluge of ridicule and criticism if, having allowed his advisers to hype an early election, he runs away from it.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A few years ago, managers at a Houston airport were faced with a deluge of complaints about long waits at the luggage carousel.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

In other languages
deluge

British English: deluge NOUN
A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post.
  • American English: deluge
  • Brazilian Portuguese: dilúvio
  • Chinese: 泛滥
  • European Spanish: aluvión
  • French: déluge
  • German: Flut
  • Italian: diluvio
  • Japanese: 殺到
  • Korean: 쇄도
  • European Portuguese: dilúvio
  • Latin American Spanish: aluvión
British English: deluge VERB
If a place or person is deluged with things, a large number of them arrive or happen at the same time.
During 1933, Papen's office was deluged with complaints.
  • American English: deluge
  • Brazilian Portuguese: inundar
  • Chinese: 泛滥
  • European Spanish: abrumar con
  • French: inonder
  • German: überfluten
  • Italian: inondare
  • Japanese: 殺到する
  • Korean: 쇄도하다
  • European Portuguese: inundar
  • Latin American Spanish: abrumar con

1 (noun) 
Definition
an overwhelming number
a deluge of criticism
Synonyms
rush
A rush of affection swept over him.
flood
He received a flood of complaints.
avalanche
He was greeted with an avalanche of publicity.
barrage
a barrage of angry questions from the floor
spate
an incomprehensible spate of words
torrent
A torrent of water rushed into the reservoir.
2 (noun) 
Definition
torrential rain
A dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.
Synonyms
flood
This is the sort of flood dreaded by cavers.
spate
overflowing
torrent
The rain came down in torrents.
downpour
a sudden downpour of rain
cataclysm
inundation
They moved furniture from houses threatened with imminent inundation.
1 (verb) 
Definition
to overwhelm
The office was deluged with complaints.
Synonyms
overwhelm
The small Pacific island could be overwhelmed by rising sea levels.
swamp
engulf
The flat was engulfed in flames.
overload
overrun
The flower beds were overrun with weeds.
inundate
Her office was inundated with requests for tickets.
2 (verb) 
Definition
to flood
Torrential rain deluged the capital.
Synonyms
flood
The house was flooded.
drown
The country would be drowned in blood.
swamp
The river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.
submerge
The river burst its banks, submerging an entire village.
soak
Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water.
drench
They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.
inundate
Their neighbourhood is being inundated by the rising waters.
douse
They doused him in petrol.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of avalanche
Definition
a sudden or overwhelming quantity of anything
He was greeted with an avalanche of publicity.
Synonyms
large amount,
barrage,
torrent,
deluge,
inundation
in the sense of barrage
Definition
a continuous delivery of questions, complaints, etc.
a barrage of angry questions from the floor
Synonyms
torrent,
attack,
mass,
storm,
assault,
burst,
stream,
hail,
outburst,
rain,
spate,
onslaught,
deluge,
plethora,
profusion
in the sense of douse
Definition
to drench with water or other liquid
They doused him in petrol.
Synonyms
drench,
soak,
steep,
saturate,
duck,
submerge,
immerse,
dunk,
souse,
plunge into water

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