DELUGE

v. flood, inundate, soak; overwhelm

n. flood, inundation, drenching rain; anything that overwhelms like a flood

A deluge is a large downpour of rain, or a flood.Prehistoric and mythical floodsNoah's Flood, a narrative described in the Book of Genesis; see also, Antediluvian, "before the flood"Deluge (mythology), mythic floods in general, involving Gilgamesh, and othersDeluge (prehistoric), prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired the mythic floods above
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Noun
1. an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
(synonym) flood, inundation, torrent
(hypernym) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
(derivation) overwhelm, flood out
2. a heavy rain
(synonym) downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker
(hypernym) rain, rainfall
(derivation) inundate, submerge
3. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
(synonym) flood, inundation, alluvion
(hypernym) geological phenomenon
(hyponym) debacle
(derivation) inundate, submerge
Verb
1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
(synonym) flood, inundate, swamp
(hypernym) fill, fill up, make full
(derivation) downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker
2. charge someone with too many tasks
(synonym) overwhelm, flood out
(hypernym) charge, saddle, burden
(derivation) flood, inundation, torrent
3. fill or cover completely, usually with water
(synonym) inundate, submerge
(hypernym) flood
(derivation) flood, inundation, alluvion

n. downfall, downpour, stream

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
  

(n.)
Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
  

(n.)
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.).