deluge /ˈdɛl.juː(d)ʒ/noun 3verb 2forms 4 noun3 •A great flood or rain.The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt. •(figurative) An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.The rock concert was a deluge of sound. •A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.In the event of a restrained firing or canister overtemperature condition, the deluge system sprays cooling water within the canister until the overtemperature condition no longer exists. — 2002 verb2 •To flood with water.Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours. •To overwhelm.After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information. formsdeluged · deluging · deluges · delugeth
