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Pronunciation : Del"uge
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. d?luge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium.]
Definition : 1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).

2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. "The deluge of summer." Lowell. A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. Milton. As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. F. Harrison. After me the deluge. (Apr?s moi le d?luge.) Madame de Pompadour.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Del"uge
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore.

2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe. At length corruption, like a general fldeluge all. Pope.

t. [imp. & p. p. Deluged; p. pr. & vb. n. Deluging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913