torrent
noun/ˈtɒrənt/
/ˈtɔːrənt/
- a large amount of water moving very quickly
- After the winter rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent.
- in torrents The rain was coming down in torrents.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- raging
- rushing
- in torrents
- a torrent of rain
- a torrent of water
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- a large amount of something that comes suddenly and violently synonym deluge
- a torrent of abuse/criticism
- His torrent of words finally slowed as he calmed down.
- The sight of her father unleashed a torrent of emotions.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + torrent- let loose
- release
- unleash
- …
- in a torrent
- torrent of
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrent- ‘boiling, roaring’, from torrere ‘parch, scorch’.
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