noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a torrent/stream of abuse (= a series of rude or angry words )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
become
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Still, what had previously been an increasingly lively stream, seemed suddenly to become a torrent .
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During the spring the Sol becomes a torrent as melt waters vastly increase the volume of water.
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After the autumn and winter rains the stream becomes a raging torrent , flowing in places along a deep ravine.
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In the forest itself the streams became roaring torrents and the Swamp, doubled in size, became overnight a lake.
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It winds up the hillside, and looks as if it could become a raging torrent in wet weather.
unleash
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The traditional wings of the Labour movement were afraid that Livingstone had unleashed a torrent - and they were right.
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We were told the lawyers of Lord's were worried that a statement might unleash a torrent of writs against newspapers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A torrent of water flowed down the street.
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After five days of heavy rain the Telle River was a raging torrent .
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Heavy rains had turned the small stream into a torrent .
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The river occasionally becomes a torrent after a downpour, and may even cause flooding.
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There was no shelter anywhere and the rain was coming down in torrents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And then I lost him among the boulders and small trees that marked the course of the torrent .
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As they neared the foot of the hill the sky opened and a heavy torrent fell mercilessly down.
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But former Rangers star Ferguson was having to put up with a torrent of abuse.
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He worried a story about him would draw a torrent of invitations from bookstores eager to have him in for holiday publicity.
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Soon after dark the rain descended in torrents, and all through the dreary hours of that dismal night it rained unceasingly.
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The criminal grand jury decided in October not to charge Washington, setting off a torrent of criticism in the black community.
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The defeat opened the sluice gates and venom flowed through in raging torrents.