Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling, flowing in, or forming torrents.
- adjective Resulting from the action of fast-flowing streams.
- adjective Flowing or surging abundantly; wild.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling a torrent; of the nature of a torrent: as, torrential rains.
- Produced by the agency of rapid streams, mountain torrents, and the like.
- Figuratively, fluent and copious; voluble; overwhelming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Coming or characterized by
torrents ;flowing heavily or in large quantities.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pouring in abundance
- adjective resembling a torrent in force and abundance
- adjective relating to or resulting from the action of a torrent
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Examples
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A lot of what she called the torrential downpours we're getting now, Wolf.
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In 1963, in torrential rain, the sorting office slid slowly and without bloodshed into a quarry, and lay there at 45 degrees for many years.
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Gave his record-length inaugural speech in torrential rains then died of pneumonia a month later.
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This happened during what is being described as a torrential downpour around mile-marker 73 near Verona.
WXIX - Breaking News 2010
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The cars rejoin the start of the grid in what can only be called torrential conditions.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Even small rises in global temperatures will have such likely impacts as: sea level rise; more frequent heat waves, droughts, and extreme weather events such as torrential rains and floods; increased tropical diseases in now-temperate regions; and hurricanes that are more intense.
Eco-Justice 2009
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Even small rises in global temperatures will have such likely impacts as: sea level rise; more frequent heat waves, droughts, and extreme weather events such as torrential rains and floods; increased tropical diseases in now-temperate regions; and hurricanes that are more intense.
Science 2009
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Much of the city and suburbs are recovering after up to 7.5 inches of rain came in a "torrential" downpour from the Friday night and Saturday's storm.
'Torrential' Downpour Causes Major Headaches On Roadways 2010
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Much of the city and suburbs are recovering after up to 7.5 inches of rain came in a "torrential" downpour from the Friday night and Saturday's storm.
'Torrential' Downpour Causes Major Headaches On Roadways 2010
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Stuart Shepard of Focus on the Family, one of America's leading evangelical groups, was shown in a video filmed at Denver's Invesco Field, where 75,000 are expected to cheer Mr Obama on Aug 28, asking Christians to pray for "torrential" rain.
Talk About Audacity! 2008
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