DELUGING Synonyms

• so strong as to be irresistible

• very strong; urgently felt

• sinking until covered completely with water

• devote (oneself) fully to

• flow over or cover completely

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

• an overwhelming number or amount

• light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

• a large flow

• the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

• the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• cover with liquid, usually water

• supply with an excess of

• become filled to overflowing

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

• an overwhelming number or amount

• a heavy rain

• a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)

• an overwhelming number or amount

• gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

• clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

• a heavy rain

• a heavy rain

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• a heavy rain

• a thrower of missiles

• a heavy rain

• a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

• sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• put under water

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

• a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist

• a heavy rain

• a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)

• charge someone with too many tasks