A torrent is a heavy rain, or the flooding or wildly running streams it causes, like the torrent that soaks everyone unlucky enough to be out on the street at that moment.
A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
Noun
a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"
Noun
a heavy rain
Noun
an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
n.
A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream
suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
n.
Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood;
as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
n.
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
Torrent
The roaring torrent is deep and wide.2.
At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . . Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age.
Torrent
A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
Usage Examples
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
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