deluge

• But the rain was descending in a perfect deluge, and, notwithstanding the shelter of the thick overhanging foliage, the ground was already so completely flooded that George at first thought he was lying in the bed of some shallow watercourse. —  The Voyage of the Aurora
• From the cloud of mercy a deluge is descending; the Sun of Reality is brilliant in its eternal station. —  The Promulgation of Universal Peace
• As the desolation of the world by a deluge, and the renewal of it in one person, are points in these days particularly controverted; many, who are enemies to Revelation, upon seeing these truths ascertained, may be led to a more intimate acquaintance with the Scriptures: and such an insight cannot but be productive of good. —  A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.
• The rain was coming down in a perfect deluge, and the wind was sweeping across the Nebraska prairies like a hurricane. —  Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers
• Never in the history of man has so terrific a calamity befallen the race as that which all who look may now behold advancing as a deluge, black with destruction, resistless in might, uprooting our most cherished hopes, engulfing our most precious creed, and burying our highest life in mindless desolation. —  A Candid Examination of Theism

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