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del•uge
Pronunciation: (del'yOOj, -yOOzh, del'OOj, -OOzh, di-lOOj', -lOOzh'), [key]
—n., v., -uged, -ug•ing.
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n.
1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
2. a drenching rain; downpour.
3. anything that overwhelms like a flood:
a deluge of mail.
4. the Deluge.See
flood (def. 3).
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v.t.
1. to flood; inundate.
2. to overrun; overwhelm:
She was deluged with congratulatory letters. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.