Deluge 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 1

Deluge 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 1

Deluge 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 1

/ˈdel.juːdʒ/ (noun & verb)

to cover something completely with so much water, flood, inundate, overwhelm, submerge, engulf, drench, soak, saturate, overload, overturn, swamp, drown, severe flood, heavy fall of rain, spate, torrent, torrential rain, downpour, thunderstorm, rainstorm, vast quantity, overflow, surge

Torrential rains deluged the city with 3.11 inches in a few hours. The rain damaged roads, bridges, railroad tracks and basements.

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Antonym: famine, drought, dry up