deluge

Noun
  1. An overwhelming number or amount (synset 113797906)
    "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
    is a type of: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
    same as: flood, inundation, torrent
  2. A heavy rain (synset 111522520)
    is a type of: rain, rainfall - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
    same as: cloudburst, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout
  3. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (synset 111475008)
    "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
    is a type of: geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
    subtypes:
    • debacle - flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
    • flash flood, flashflood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
    • noachian deluge, noah and the flood, noah's flood, the flood - (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
    same as: alluvion, flood, inundation
Verb
  1. Fill quickly beyond capacity;
    As with a liquid (synset 201527311)
    "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
    is a type of: fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense
    same as: flood, inundate, swamp
  2. Charge someone with too many tasks (synset 200753137)
    is a type of: burden, charge, saddle - impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
    same as: flood out, overwhelm
  3. Fill or cover completely, usually with water (synset 200218126)
    is a type of: flood - cover with liquid, usually water
    same as: inundate, submerge

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