Word Meaning

deluge definition and meaning

n. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
n. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
v. t. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
v. t. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.

Crossword clues for deluge

- Downpour
- Flood
- Heavy downpour
- Heavy fall
- Heavy fall of rain
- Inundate
- Torrent
- Torrential rain