flood

/flʌd/ noun [C]

Definition

WATER › when a lot of water covers an area that is usually dry, especially when a river becomes too full: The flood destroyed thousands of homes.

AMOUNT › a large number or amount of things or people that arrive at the same time: a flood of letters/calls

(Definition of flood noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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