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Definition of Deluged
1. deluge [v] - See also: deluge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deluged
Literary usage of Deluged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"deluged the forecastle, and the boat careened so far over that one could hardly
keep his feet. The next instant we were away down the river, clawing with ..."
2. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... participating in its distresses; that a profusion of foreign articles had
deluged the country, presenting a delusive appearance of plenty, and deceiving ..."
3. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"The roof fell in, then the upper story, and then the lower floor ; but a space
about six by twelve feet was by a great effort kept perfectly deluged by ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"... a shallower depth than was expected, and deluged the hillside with oil.
Live» were lost by brave workmen who, in order to close the valve, ..."
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