Sudden flood

  • 1flood — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 large amount of water ADJECTIVE ▪ catastrophic, devastating, great, severe ▪ flash ▪ spring, summer …

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  • 2flood — n 1 *flow, stream, current, tide, flux Analogous words: *excess, superfluity, surplus: incursion, *invasion 2 Flood, deluge, inundation, torrent, spate, cataract are comparable when they mean a great or overwhelming flow of or as if of water.… …

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  • 3flood tide — flood ,tide noun count 1. ) the rising of the level of the ocean each day until it reaches its highest point and begins to fall again 2. ) a sudden increase in something …

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  • 4flood of tears — sudden outpouring of tears …

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  • 5Flood (Halo) — infobox VG character name = Flood caption = Halo s Master Chief (left) encounters the Flood on Installation 04. series = Halo Series firstgame = (2001) creator = Robert McLees artist =The Flood are fictional parasitic alien life forms in Bungie s …

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  • 6Flood myth — Great Flood redirects here. For other uses, see Great Flood (disambiguation). The Deluge , frontispiece to Gustave Doré s illustrated edition of the Bible. Based on the story of Noah s Ark, this shows humans and a tiger doomed by the flood… …

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  • 7flood — floodable, adj. flooder, n. floodless, adj. floodlike, adj. /flud/, n. 1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually submerged. 2. any great outpouring or stream: a flood of tears. 3. the Flood, the universal deluge… …

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  • 8Flood (song) — Infobox Single Name = Flood Artist = Jars Of Clay from Album = Jars Of Clay Released = 1995 Format = CD Recorded = 1995 Genre = Alternative rock Inspirational Length = 3:31 (Album Version) Label = Essential/Silvertone Producer = Adrian Belew… …

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  • 9flood tide — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flood tide : singular flood tide plural flood tides 1) the rising of the level of the sea each day until it reaches its highest point and begins to fall again 2) a sudden increase in something …

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  • 10sudden — adj. Sudden is used with these nouns: ↑acceleration, ↑alarm, ↑anger, ↑appearance, ↑arrival, ↑attack, ↑awakening, ↑awareness, ↑bout, ↑breeze, ↑burst, ↑change …

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