as in torrent
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
a flood nearly wiped out the town a flood of messages on my computer
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as in to engulf
to cover with a flood
the lowlands were completely flooded angry calls flooded the radio station
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Recent Examples of flood
Abigail Adams, People.com, 14 July 2025
Eight Camp Mystic structures fall within the most dangerous flood zone on FEMA maps, but that number jumps to 17 on maps from the First Street foundation — a nonprofit which takes current climate events into account and shares their models with the public.
—Bill Weir, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 July 2025
The majority of the deaths were in Kerr County, where a torrential downpour flooded the Guadalupe River and devastated a girls’ summer camp.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Noun
These structures were part of Camp Mystic Guadalupe, where the camp said 27 campers and counselors died from the July 4 flood.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 14 July 2025
Eight Camp Mystic structures fall within the most dangerous flood zone on FEMA maps, but that number jumps to 17 on maps from the First Street foundation — a nonprofit which takes current climate events into account and shares their models with the public.
—Bill Weir, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Verb
Scattered showers are expected to develop Saturday afternoon and evening in south-central Texas, including parts of areas that already flooded.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 July 2025
The majority of the deaths were in Kerr County, where a torrential downpour flooded the Guadalupe River and devastated a girls’ summer camp.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flood
Noun
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Fucci, who was staying near the Guadalupe River, filmed on her phone a torrent of muddy water flooding the road to her grandmother's house.—
Susan Miller,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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Trump’s second term has unleashed a torrent of assaults on protest and dissent, from revoking visas and disappearing activists, to withholding federal funds from universities that won’t dismantle diversity initiatives.—
Time,
Time,
2 July 2025
Verb
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From the doorway, Beau could see floodwaters beginning to engulf cabins closer to the Guadalupe River, where the younger boys slept.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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That was nothing compared to the aromas that engulfed me at the Generac stage July 4 for Porter Robinson’s stage-closing set.—
jsonline.com,
jsonline.com,
4 July 2025
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Still, on a partly sunny Saturday under a flood watch, dozens of volunteers overwhelmed a site near the Round Mountain Baptist Church outside of Leander, forcing traffic to a standstill as emergency personnel actively searched for missing people.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
13 July 2025
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Inside, a black and grey cat thrashes around, overwhelmed.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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The campers drowned when their bus attempted to evacuate them and was overtaken by floodwater.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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On Saturday in Porter County, a father, 65, and his 20-year-old son drowned in Lake Michigan.—
Sophie Levenson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 July 2025
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Vehicles sit submerged as a search and rescue worker looks through debris for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding on July 6, 2025 in Hunt, Texas.—
Paulina Smolinski,
CBS News,
7 July 2025
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Christian Fell, 25, stood for hours on the narrow top of a meter box, barely wide enough for both hands, to survive floodwaters that deluged his grandmother’s home.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
7 July 2025
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Though no one died from the 2 feet of rain that deluged Fort Lauderdale in a single day in April two years ago, the relentless rain forced hundreds to flee to Red Cross shelters, covered airport runways, filled the tunnel that runs under the New River and turned downtown streets into raging rivers.—
Denise Hruby
July 7,
Miami Herald,
7 July 2025
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“Flood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flood. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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