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torrent

/ˈtoɹənt/ noun C2
  1. A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent. · I got a torrent of the complete works of Shakespeare the other day; I'm not sure why.

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A series of staccato taps on the west window brought Anne flying in from the yard, eyes shining, cheeks faintly flushed with pink, unbraided hair streaming behind her in a torrent of brightness.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 87 · C1
The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 121 · B2
Meanwhile, by a cleft between two walls of rock, following a path worn by a torrent, and which, in all human probability, human foot had never before trod, Dantès approached the spot where he supposed the grottos must have existed.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 249 · C1
“Yes, I did write it,” she cried, pouring out her soul in a torrent of words.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 144 · C1

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