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deluge

noun as in downpour, flood of something

verb as in inundate with water

verb as in overwhelm

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Once the deluge of lawsuits started, county lawyers had just one goal: to make the cases go away without the county going bankrupt.

But after days of focus on the gender identity of the suspect’s alleged partner, the far-right’s response has also fueled a deluge of anti-trans rhetoric that could beget more violence.

From Salon

Tangible issues, including their insurance coverage and savings, mix with intangibles like family dynamics, the trauma of losing a home and the deluge of choices needed to build a new one.

There have been a deluge of examples of this subversion in recent days.

"She was deluged with videos that suggested death as a solution."

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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