Deluge \Del"uge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluged; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Deluging.]
   1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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            The deluged earth would useless grow. --Blackmore.
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   2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread;
      to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern
      nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the
      land is deluged with woe.
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            At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
            Shall deluge all.                     --Pope.
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