deluging

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deluging - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deluge \Del"uge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Deluging.]
     1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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              The deluged earth would useless grow. --Blackmore.
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     2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread;
        to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern
        nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the
        land is deluged with woe.
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              At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
              Shall deluge all.                     --Pope.
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