deluge
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A great flood or rain.
The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
- 2.
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
- 3.
(firefighting) A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
deluge system, deluge gun, deluge set
2002, NAVEDTRA, Gunner's Mate 14324A 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.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To flood with water.
Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.
- 2.
(transitive)To overwhelm.
After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.
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