n. 25B6; noun
homes were swept away by the deluge : FLOOD, torrent; Brit. spate.
the deluge turned the pitch into a swamp : DOWNPOUR, torrential rain; thunderstorm, rainstorm, cloudburst.
a deluge of complaints : BARRAGE, volley; flood, torrent, avalanche, stream, spate, rush, outpouring.
25B6; verb
homes were deluged by the rains : FLOOD, inundate, submerge, swamp, drown.
we have been deluged with calls : INUNDATE, overwhelm, overrun, flood, swamp, snow under, engulf, bombard.