Meaning of “spate” in the English Dictionary

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uk /speɪt/ us /speɪt/

Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the Kingsland Road area.

in (full) spate UK

› If a river is in (full) spate, it has more water in it and is flowing faster than it usually does.

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(Definition of “spate” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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