(v) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid, See also:flood in, Syn.flood, inundate, swamp, Example: the basement was inundated after the storm; The images flooded his mind
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ F. déluge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium. ] 1. 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.). [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. “The deluge of summer.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [ London ] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]
After me the deluge. (Aprés moi le déluge.) Madame de Pompadour. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deluged p. pr. & vb. n. Deluging. ]1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]
The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
At length corruption, like a general flood . . . Shall deluge all. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
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