Deluge

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA great flood or rain.

"The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt."

2.NounAn overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.

"The rock concert was a deluge of sound."

3.NounA system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.

"deluge system, deluge gun, deluge set"

4.VerbTo flood with water.

"Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours."

5.VerbTo overwhelm.

"After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information."

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