deluge

Meanings

Noun

• A great flood or rain.
• An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
• A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature within the Vertical Launching System.

Verb

• To flood with water.
• To overwhelm.

Origin

• From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō. diluvium.