Deluge |
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.). |
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Deluge |
Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. |
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Deluge |
To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. |
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Deluge |
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. |
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