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Word entry · 6 letters

deluge

Best crossword clue

"Overwhelming flood"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɛl.juː(d)ʒ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted deegluStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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