flood

flood
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noun
1 large amount of water
ADJECTIVE
catastrophic, devastating, great, severe
flash
spring, summer, etc.
VERB + FLOOD
cause

Heavy rainfall in the mountains caused the floods.

FLOOD + VERB
come

No one knew that the flood was coming.

hit sth, strike sth

This summer the region was struck by devastating floods.

inundate sth

The fields were inundated by heavy floods.

cause sth

The flood caused widespread destruction.

subside

The floods are slowly subsiding.

FLOOD + NOUN
water (usually floodwater or floodwaters)

The floodwaters did not begin to recede until September.

plain
damage
alert (BrE), warning
victim
control, defence/defense, prevention, protection, relief
insurance
PHRASES
be in (full) flood (esp. BrE)

The river was in full flood (= had flooded its banks).

2 large number/amount
ADJECTIVE
great
constant
sudden
FLOOD + VERB
inundate sb/sth

She was inundated by floods of fan mail.

VERB + FLOOD
bring, cause
release, unleash
PREPOSITION
flood of

a great flood of refugees

PHRASES
a flood of memories (esp. AmE)

Writing about St. John's brings back a flood of nostalgic memories.

in floods of tears (= crying a lot)

The little girl was in floods of tears.

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verb
VERB + FLOOD
be liable to

The area near the river is liable to flood.

PHRASES
be badly flooded

The town had been badly flooded.

flood its banks (AmE) (burst its banks in BrE)

The river had flooded its banks.

Flood is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑colour, ↑heat, ↑light, ↑pain, ↑refugee, ↑river, ↑sunlight, ↑sunshine, ↑tear
Flood is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ear, ↑market, ↑marketplace, ↑mind, ↑street, ↑switchboard, ↑vision

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