Meaning & use
Deluged
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Overwhelmed with a large amount of something, as if by a flood.
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The customer service line was deluged with complaints after the outage.
Heavy rain deluged the valley, flooding several roads within hours.
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"Deluge" comes from Latin "diluvium" (flood), the same root behind "antediluvian," meaning "before the flood."
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