deluging
Pouring down relentlessly
Deluging is overwhelming with a flood of something.
The word comes from deluge, a great flood or heavy downpour.
You can deluge someone with water, but more often the flooding is figurative: Fans deluged the station with requests.
To be deluged is to be inundated beyond capacity to respond.
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- rainstormHeavy precipitation event
precipitation · thunderstorm · squall · drenching · soaking · pouring · sheets · buckets
Sustained, overwhelming attack
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
torrent · swamping · inundating · overloading · saturating · besieging · swamped · engulfed
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- submersionBeing entirely underwater
- engulfmentComplete surrounding and absorption
- swampingOverwhelming with excess
flashflood · surge · rising waters · overflowing · submerging · overbank · floodwaters · breaching
downpour
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
rainstorm · precipitation · thunderstorm · squall · drenching · soaking · pouring · sheets · buckets · pelting
barrage
Sustained, overwhelming attack
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
flood · torrent · swamping · inundating · overloading · saturating · besieging · swamped · engulfed · overrun
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- submersionBeing entirely underwater
- engulfmentComplete surrounding and absorption
swamping · flashflood · surge · rising waters · overflowing · submerging · overbank · floodwaters · breaching · spilling
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, stuffing, cramming
delugingdrying
Moisture removal process
dehydrating · draining · desiccating · parching · withering