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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a heavy rain;
[syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker]

2. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid);
- Example: "the houses were swept away in the torrent"
[syn: torrent, violent stream]

3. an overwhelming number or amount;
- Example: "a flood of requests"
- Example: "a torrent of abuse"
[syn: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Torrent \Tor"rent\, n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens
   burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat,
   to burn. See Torrid.]
   1. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream
      suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
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            The roaring torrent is deep and wide. --Longfellow.
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   2. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood;
      as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
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            At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . .
            Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Torrent \Tor"rent\, a. [See Torrent, n.]
   Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. "Waves of torrent
   fire." --Milton.
   [1913 Webster] Torrential


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "torrent":
   Niagara, antelope, arrow, belch, blue darter, blue streak, burst,
   cannonball, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, courser, dart,
   debouchment, deluge, dissiliency, eagle, effusion, electricity,
   eructation, eruption, express train, flare-up, flash, flood,
   flooding, flow, fresh, freshet, gazelle, greased lightning,
   greyhound, gush, gushing, hare, inundation, jet, jet plane, light,
   lightning, mercury, outbreak, outburst, outpouring, overflow, pour,
   quicksilver, rapids, river, rocket, rush, scared rabbit, shot,
   spate, spew, spurt, streak, streak of lightning, stream,
   striped snake, swallow, thought, thunderbolt, tide, volcan,
   waterflood, wind