| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain: alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, Niagara, torrent. Chiefly British : spate. See BIG. 2. An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: excess, fat, glut, overage, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, superfluity, surplus, surplusage. See EXCESS. | | VERB: | 1. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See FULL. 2. To be abundantly filled or richly supplied: abound, bristle, crawl, flow, pullulate, swarm, teem. See BIG, RICH.
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