torrent
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈtɔrənt/
:
torrente
- After receiving the good news, she felt a torrent of emotions washing over her.
- a torrent of information
- unleash a torrent
- a torrent of criticism
Your reaction, Buck, to this just torrent of good news so far for Trump.
- Your reaction, Buck, to this just torrent of good news so far for Trump.
- We're left with nowhere to stand firm amidst the torrent of things rushing past.
- It would result in a torrent of gaslighting and verbal abuse.
- Still grappling with self blame, shame, anger, confusion, a whole torrent of negative and confusing emotions.
- He said there are two silences, one when no word is spoken, the other when perhaps a torrent of language is being employed.
- That we are, no matter how situated politically, we are coping with an unruly torrent of events.
- Well, if it's pleasure you're looking for, there's going to be that God will give them to drink of the torrent of his pleasures from the Psalms.
- I'm expecting a, you know, a torrent of abuse from sticking second enthusiasts, which you know, I probably deserve.
Examples
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As soon as she recovered enough to talk, she talked tirelessly, a torrent of divulged privacies.
Fiction book (2001) -
No one will recognize you, but the smell of the air and the sounds of the insects and the way the evening light slashes itself across the chimney of a neighbor's old house will unloose in you a torrent of vivid memories.
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Your reaction, Buck, to this just torrent of good news so far for Trump.
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American intelligence analysts now have to cope with a torrent of information and data.
Academic text (1990) -
We're left with nowhere to stand firm amidst the torrent of things rushing past.
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But Adrienne cannot hold back the torrent of rage, pain, and tears.
Fiction book (1990) -
The old man shivered, engulfed by this torrent of words forgotten for nearly a lifetime.
Fiction book (1992) -
And cosmologists are gearing up for the torrent of data that's about to hit us.
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My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought... ...cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
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Zayder stood on the deck, his shoulders heaving, a torrent of curses spilling from his mouth.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
75
2.4
A very large number of things that arrive suddenly
35
6.8
A large fast stream of questions, messages or criticism sent to someone
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6.8
A very large amount of something that arrives at once
1
7.2
A very large number of things that arrive at the same time
1
6.8
A fast flow of words spoken with strong feeling
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Etymology
The word torrent originally described rushing water from Latin torrēre ('to boil' or 'seethe'), and people then used it for anything that comes out in a fast, powerful flow. So a torrent of words, tears, or feelings is an overwhelming outpouring that hits quickly.