1
a
: an overflowing of the land by water
b
: a drenching rain
a deluge causing mudslides in the area
2
: an overwhelming amount or number
received a deluge of angry phone calls
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Examples of deluge in a Sentence
Noun
The deluge caused severe mudslides.
a deluge of thanks and appreciation for the returning troops
Verb
Heavy rains deluged the region.
deluged with requests for help
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PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
If Trump’s administration wanted to quadruple this number, as Trump has promised, training academies would likely be unable to handle a deluge of new hires.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
Between 6 and 8 inches of rain deluged the area and triggered a rare flash flood emergency — the most severe flood alert — Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Of course, with that came a deluge of new laptops from nearly every vendor, including Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, LG, and Samsung.
—PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
If Trump’s administration wanted to quadruple this number, as Trump has promised, training academies would likely be unable to handle a deluge of new hires.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
Reising warned that despite the big storms that have deluged the region in the past couple of months, a La Niña weather system has the potential to bring drier conditions, particularly in the southern portion of the state.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
Between 6 and 8 inches of rain deluged the area and triggered a rare flash flood emergency — the most severe flood alert — Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Deluge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deluge. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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