Torrent - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
Extra examples
The storm turned the stream into a raging torrent.
The rain came down in torrents.
After five days of heavy rain the Telle river was a raging torrent (=a very violent torrent).
...unable to mount a rational defense of her position, she unleashed a torrent of obloquy on her opponent...
The editorial unleashed a torrent of angry responses.
Hungry as wolves, swift and sudden as a torrent from the mountains, they disembogued.
His companion rounded on him with a torrent of abusive language.
The prisoner let fly with a torrent of abuse.
All that pent up frustration gushed out in a torrent of abuse.
The river had become a swirling torrent.
When I asked him to move, he unleashed a torrent of abuse.
The woman poured out a torrent of Italian.
The site went offline on April 25 after a torrent of protest.
Word forms
singular: torrent
plural: torrents
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