"deluge" meaning in English

See deluge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛl.juːdʒ/ [UK], /ˈdɛl.jud͡ʒ/ [US], /ˈdɛ.lud͡ʒ/ [US], /ˈdi.lud͡ʒ/ [US], /dəˈlud͡ʒ/ [US] Audio: en-us-deluge.ogg Forms: deluges [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|deluge}} Middle English deluge, {{der|en|fro|deluge|}} Old French deluge, {{der|en|la|dīluvium}} Latin dīluvium, {{doublet|en|diluvium}} Doublet of diluvium Head templates: {{en-noun}} deluge (plural deluges)
  1. A great flood or rain. Translations (great flood): κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), طُوفَان (ṭūfān) [masculine] (Arabic), ջրհեղեղ (ǰrheġeġ) (Armenian), навадне́нне (navadnjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), паво́дка (pavódka) [feminine] (Belarusian), пато́п (patóp) [masculine] (Belarusian), пото́п (potóp) [masculine] (Bulgarian), diluvi [masculine] (Catalan), 大洪水 (dàhóngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 洪水 (hóngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), diluvo (Esperanto), vedenpaisumus (Finnish), déluge (French), dioivo [masculine] (Galician), 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (midjasweipains) [feminine] (Gothic), κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós) (Greek), מַבּוּל (mabúl) [masculine] (Hebrew), özönvíz (Hungarian), áradat (Hungarian), diluvio (Ido), diluvio [masculine] (Italian), 洪水 (kōzui) (alt: こうずい) (Japanese), 홍수 (hongsu) (alt: 洪水) (Korean), dīluviēs [feminine] (Latin), dīluvium [neuter] (Latin), abluvium [neuter] (Latin), tvanas [masculine] (Lithuanian), по́топ (pótop) [masculine] (Macedonian), по́плава (póplava) [feminine] (Macedonian), പ്രളയം (praḷayaṁ) (Malayalam), parawhenua (Maori), 'yporu (Old Tupi), سیل (seyl) (Ottoman Turkish), طوفان (tufan) (Ottoman Turkish), Äwaschwamunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), potop [masculine] (Polish), dilúvio [masculine] (Portuguese), diluviu [neuter] (Romanian), potop [neuter] (Romanian), пото́п (potóp) [masculine] (Russian), наводне́ние (navodnénije) [neuter] (Russian), tuil [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), diluvio [masculine] (Spanish), störtflod (Swedish), delubyo (Tagalog), kerekauna (Tocharian B), tufan (Turkish), по́відь (póvidʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), по́вінь (póvinʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пото́п (potóp) [masculine] (Ukrainian) Translations (great rain): зале́ва (zaljéva) [feminine] (Belarusian), уле́ва (uljéva) [feminine] (Belarusian), лі́вень (lívjenʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), дъжд (dǎžd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kaatosade (Finnish), по́рој (póroj) [masculine] (Macedonian), до́жд (dóžd) [masculine] (Macedonian), പേമാരി (pēmāri) (Malayalam), pūroro (Maori), pūrorohū (Maori), patapataiāwhā (Maori), ålup [neuter] (Norn), ли́вень (lívenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), delubyo (Tagalog), tufan (Turkish), зли́ва (zlýva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ли́вень (lývenʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хлющ (xljušč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), зали́ва (zalýva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-deluge-en-noun-5wKBdbwb Disambiguation of 'great flood': 85 8 7 Disambiguation of 'great rain': 84 16 0
  2. An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction. Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (an overwhelming amount of something): overflod (Danish), overvloed (Dutch), stortvloed (Dutch), tulva (Finnish), déluge (French), avalanche [feminine] (French), áradat (Hungarian), diluvio [masculine] (Italian), по́рој (póroj) [masculine] (Macedonian), പെരുമഴ (perumaḻa) (Malayalam), potop [masculine] (Polish), zalew [masculine] (Polish), tuil [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), diluvio [masculine] (Spanish), avalancha [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-deluge-en-noun-Z6-HZWAS Disambiguation of Liquids: 2 15 23 31 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 19 24 22 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 14 15 19 25 5 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 18 19 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 18 20 27 34 Disambiguation of 'an overwhelming amount of something': 0 99 1
  3. (firefighting) A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire. Categories (topical): Firefighting, Liquids
    Sense id: en-deluge-en-noun-tpsmLjrm Disambiguation of Liquids: 2 15 23 31 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 19 24 22 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 14 15 19 25 5 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 18 19 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 18 20 27 34 Topics: firefighting, government
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: after me the deluge, after us the deluge, deluge gun, psychiatric deluge

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛl.juːdʒ/ [UK], /ˈdɛl.jud͡ʒ/ [US], /ˈdɛ.lud͡ʒ/ [US], /ˈdi.lud͡ʒ/ [US], /dəˈlud͡ʒ/ [US] Audio: en-us-deluge.ogg Forms: deluges [present, singular, third-person], deluging [participle, present], deluged [participle, past], deluged [past]
Etymology: From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|deluge}} Middle English deluge, {{der|en|fro|deluge|}} Old French deluge, {{der|en|la|dīluvium}} Latin dīluvium, {{doublet|en|diluvium}} Doublet of diluvium Head templates: {{en-verb}} deluge (third-person singular simple present deluges, present participle deluging, simple past and past participle deluged)
  1. (transitive) To flood with water. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (to flood with water): κατακλύζω (kataklúzō) (Ancient Greek), наводнявам (navodnjavam) (Bulgarian), tulvia (Finnish), inonder (French), eláraszt (Hungarian), elönt (Hungarian), inondare (Italian), allagare (Italian), по́плави (póplavi) [perfective] (Macedonian), попла́вува (poplávuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), пре́плави (préplavi) [perfective] (Macedonian), препла́вува (preplávuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), inundar (Portuguese), затопля́ть (zatopljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), наводня́ть (navodnjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зата́пливать (zatáplivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), översvämma (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deluge-en-verb-f~88tONS Disambiguation of Liquids: 2 15 23 31 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 19 24 22 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 14 15 19 25 5 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 18 19 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 18 20 27 34 Disambiguation of 'to flood with water': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To overwhelm. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (to overwhelm): κατακλύζω (kataklúzō) (Ancient Greek), hukkua (Finnish), hukuttaa (Finnish), inonder (French), eláraszt (Hungarian), inondare (Italian), sommergere (Italian), tempestare (Italian), пре́плави (préplavi) (note: e.g. with work, letters, requests) [perfective, usually] (Macedonian), зава́ливать (zaválivatʹ) (note: e.g. with work, letters, requests) [imperfective, usually] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deluge-en-verb-v0-odYeH Disambiguation of Liquids: 2 15 23 31 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norn translations, Terms with Old Tupi translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 19 24 22 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 18 19 26 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 14 15 19 25 5 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 6 21 22 21 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 3 18 23 24 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 17 19 23 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 2 18 20 27 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 18 20 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 18 19 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 2 19 21 25 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 2 18 20 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 18 24 24 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 2 18 20 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 18 20 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 18 20 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 18 20 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 3 18 23 24 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 3 18 23 24 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 2 18 20 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Norn translations: 2 17 22 26 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Tupi translations: 1 16 18 24 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 20 22 24 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 1 14 16 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 19 21 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 18 23 24 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 18 20 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 18 20 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 19 21 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 1 12 16 18 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 19 21 26 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 19 21 25 32 Disambiguation of 'to overwhelm': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inundate

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàhóngshuǐ",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mabúl",
          "sense": "great flood",
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          ],
          "word": "מַבּוּל"
        },
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "word": "özönvíz"
        },
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          "sense": "great flood",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "great flood",
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          "alt": "こうずい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōzui",
          "sense": "great flood",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hongsu",
          "sense": "great flood",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "great flood",
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          "sense": "great flood",
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          "sense": "great flood",
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        },
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tvanas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pótop",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по́топ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "póplava",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "по́плава"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "praḷayaṁ",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "word": "പ്രളയം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "word": "parawhenua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "tpw",
          "lang": "Old Tupi",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "word": "'yporu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "seyl",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "word": "سیل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "tufan",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "word": "طوفان"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Äwaschwamunk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "potop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dilúvio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "diluviu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "potop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "potóp",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пото́п"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 8 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "navodnénije",
          "sense": "great flood",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "наводне́ние"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "navodnénije",
      "sense": "great flood",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "great flood",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "great flood",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "great flood",
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      "code": "txb",
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      "sense": "great flood",
      "word": "kerekauna"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "great flood",
      "word": "tufan"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "póvidʹ",
      "sense": "great flood",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "mi",
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "word": "inondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "word": "allagare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "póplavi",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "по́плави"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poplávuva",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "попла́вува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "préplavi",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пре́плави"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "preplávuva",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "препла́вува"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "word": "inundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatopljátʹ",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "затопля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navodnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "наводня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatáplivatʹ",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зата́пливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to flood with water",
      "word": "översvämma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "hukkua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "hukuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "inonder"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataklúzō",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "κατακλύζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "eláraszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "inondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "sommergere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "tempestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "note": "e.g. with work, letters, requests",
      "roman": "préplavi",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "пре́плави"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "e.g. with work, letters, requests",
      "roman": "zaválivatʹ",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "зава́ливать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deluge"
}

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