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An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
{{quote-text|en|year=1848|author=James Russell Lowell|title=The Vision of Sir Launfal
A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
2002, NAVEDTRA, ''Gunner's Mate'' 14324A
- In the event of a restrained firing or canister overtemperature condition, the deluge system sprays cooling water within the canister until the overtemperature condition no longer exists.
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To overwhelm.
A (l); a massive flooding or raining.
Any cataclysmic or catastrophic event.