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deluge

/ˈdɛl.ju(d)ʒ/ verb C2
  1. To flood with water. (transitive) · Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.
  2. To overwhelm. (transitive) · After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.

He/she/it deluges · Past deluged · Past participle deluged · -ing form deluging

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Verb forms

Base form
deluge
He/she/it
deluges
Past
deluged
Past participle
deluged
-ing form
deluging

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Was he also out in that deluge—the unseen watcher, the man of darkness?
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 135 · C1

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