torrent

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noun

1. a heavy rain (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, pelter, soaker
• Derivationally related forms:
soak (for: soaker), pelt (for: pelter), torrential, deluge (for: deluge)
• Hypernyms:
rain, rainfall
2. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) (Freq. 1)
- the houses were swept away in the torrent
• Syn:
violent stream
• Derivationally related forms:
torrential
• Hypernyms:
current, stream
3. an overwhelming number or amount
- a flood of requests
- a torrent of abuse
• Syn:
flood, inundation, deluge
• Derivationally related forms:
torrential, deluge (for: deluge), inundate (for: inundation), flood (for: flood)
• Hypernyms:
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

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  flood, inundation, deluge, violent stream, downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, pelter, soaker