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wall of water

NOUN
flash flood
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And a wall of water wiping out everything in its path.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The distance between waves shortens, and waves grow in height, which can effectively create a wall of water near the coast.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

The summer camps nestled in the valley at the time were flooded by a wall of water that swept away diving boards and cottages, including at Camp Mystic.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2025

The wall of water tossed furniture all about.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2023

I might as well have been spinning in a round metal tub, in a twenty-foot wall of water, washing down off that mountain.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant




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