Definition of deluge

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Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.)..

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Diluvian :: Diluvian (a.) Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin..
Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley..
Antediluvian :: Antediluvian (n.) One who lived before the Deluge.
Diluvialist :: Diluvialist (n.) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction..
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.)..
Universality :: Universality (n.) The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge..
Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town..
Noah :: Noah (n.) A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge..
Second :: Second (a.) Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge..
Deluged :: Deluged (imp. & p. p.) of Delug.
Subungual :: Subundation (n.) A flood; a deluge.
Ogygian :: Ogygian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity..
Clysmian :: Clysmian (a.) Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm; as, clysmian changes..
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation..
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe..
Ark :: Ark (n.) The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge..
Diluvial :: Diluvial (a.) Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause..
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