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noun

An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain:

alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent. (Chiefly British) spate. See big
verb
  1. To flow over completely:

    drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See full
  2. To affect as if by an outpouring of water:

    flood, inundate, overwhelm, swamp, whelm. See full

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