deluge

Day 31Level 3

DEL-yooj

great flood

a great flood of water

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

downpour, rush, torrent

Example Sentence:

The government constructed a dam to prevent the deluge of water and also redirected it towards the drought hit areas.

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