as in flood
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
the dam broke, unleashing a torrent down the dry riverbed
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In this authoritative, elegant biography, Daut meticulously combs the torrents of contemporary letters and broadsheets to draw a complex, contradictory portrait of Christophe, also known as King Henry.
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Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Longtime San Francisco residents will remember the whimsy and fun unleashed by a torrent of 250,000 bouncy balls in 2005.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
But the two creeks skirting Damascus had already converged in a swollen torrent, swallowing the main road through town.
—Barbara Kingsolver, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Wolf’s now-legendary 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was not attended by Donald Trump but was attended by his then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, drew a torrent of angry responses — and not all from the right.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Longtime San Francisco residents will remember the whimsy and fun unleashed by a torrent of 250,000 bouncy balls in 2005.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
But the two creeks skirting Damascus had already converged in a swollen torrent, swallowing the main road through town.
—Barbara Kingsolver, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Wolf’s now-legendary 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was not attended by Donald Trump but was attended by his then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, drew a torrent of angry responses — and not all from the right.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torrent
flood
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Flooding was reported in several states, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, and flood watches were issued Wednesday in all of them.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Similarly, floods might be due to a broken pipe, but are more often caused by storms, heavy rain, and spring meltwater.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 May 2025
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“Torrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torrent. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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