Antonyms for deluge
ˈdɛl yudʒ, -yuʒ, -udʒ, -uʒ, dɪˈludʒ, -ˈluʒdel·uge

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1. deluge

   Antonyms:
   mist, moisture, dearth, drought, aridity, subsidence, exsiccation

   Synonyms:
   inundation, rush, flood, redundance

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1. flood, inundation, deluge, torrentnoun

   an overwhelming number or amount

   "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

   Synonyms:
   waterspout, pelter, soaker, floodlight, cloudburst, rising tide, overflow, violent stream, flood, downpour, alluvion, flowage, inundation, flood tide, flood lamp, photoflood, outpouring, torrent

2. downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soakernoun

   a heavy rain

   Synonyms:
   waterspout, pelter, alky, lush, cloudburst, souse, boozer, violent stream, flood, downpour, dipsomaniac, alluvion, inundation, alcoholic, soaker, torrent

3. flood, inundation, deluge, alluvionverb

   the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

   "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

   Synonyms:
   alluvial sediment, waterspout, pelter, soaker, floodlight, cloudburst, rising tide, overflow, alluvial deposit, flood, downpour, alluvion, alluvium, flowage, inundation, flood tide, flood lamp, photoflood, outpouring, torrent

4. deluge, flood, inundate, swampverb

   fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

   "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

   Synonyms:
   submerge, oversupply, swamp, flood out, glut, inundate, overwhelm, flood, drench

5. overwhelm, deluge, flood outverb

   charge someone with too many tasks

   Synonyms:
   overcome, drown, flood out, overpower, swamp, inundate, overwhelm, sweep over, overmaster, whelm, flood, overtake, submerge

6. inundate, deluge, submergeverb

   fill or cover completely, usually with water

   Synonyms:
   flood out, swamp, submerge, inundate, overwhelm, flood, drown, submerse

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1. smattering

   Submitted by anonymous on February 5, 2020  

How to use deluge in a sentence?

1. The NHTSA:

   As you are well aware, NHTSA has repeatedly engaged Takata and asked for the company's explanation of the content of the deluge of documents that it has produced thus far.

2. Horace Mann:

   Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

3. Stephen Innes:

   The deluge of U.S. crude production continues to hold the top-side in check.

4. Ismail Haniya:

   I say to our people everywhere, be prepared for a human deluge on all of the borders of Palestine, inside the occupied land and outside the occupied land, i say to the (Israeli occupiers) your time is gone.

5. Trizia Herrera:

   It's not just that the risk of infection is high but what's being called a return to the new normal could make new cases increase exponentially... leading to more loss of life, it seems premature that President Lopez Obrador is talking about ruling out a deluge in Mexico, as the epidemic is still growing.

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