TORRENT

[noun] [U] - a (too) large amount, esp. one which seems to be uncontrollableHe let out a torrent of abuse/angry wordsThey are worried that the flow/trickle/stream of tourists could swell into an unmanageable torrent if there are no controls.A torrent is also a large amount of fast-moving water.Intense storms in the mountains of the Massif Central can turn the river into a rushing torrent.Street by street, they've been improving the drainage so that rainstorms don't turn the roads into raging torrents.