Definitions
fill or cover completely, usually with water
Word origin
From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.
Used in a sentence
“The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.”
“The rock concert was a deluge of sound.”
“A fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Overwhelming flood”6 letters
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