DELUGING Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

deluging

verb

present participle of deluge

as in flooding

to cover with a flood deluged with requests for help

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Recent Examples of deluging The water main break also flooded streets in the area, deluging parked cars. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Civil servants in the town of Fujikawaguchiko erected a black wall to try to stop tourists from deluging the town to take photos in front of a backdrop of Mount Fuji. — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

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The main threat from the storm is flooding rain, with up to 9 inches possible in some areas.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Hurricane Milton, the second of which, tore all the Teflon panels off the Trop’s roof flooding the inside of the facility.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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Those officials moved into these elevated positions in the months following the Herald/Times’ reporting on the scandal engulfing the embattled charity.

— Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
As a parent who has purchased my share of scary Halloween costumes, I was particularly disturbed by the controversy now engulfing Target.

— Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026

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