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torrent

[tawr-uhnt, tor-]

noun

  1. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.

  2. a rushing, violent, or abundant and unceasing stream of anything.

    a torrent of lava.

  3. a violent downpour of rain.

  4. a violent, tumultuous, or overwhelming flow.

    a torrent of abuse.

    Synonyms: , , ,


adjective

  1. torrential.

torrent

/ ˈɒəԳ /

noun

  1. a fast, voluminous, or violent stream of water or other liquid

  2. an overwhelming flow of thoughts, words, sound, etc

  3. computing a file that controls the transfer of data in a BitTorrent system See BitTorrent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. rarelike or relating to a torrent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of torrent1

1595–1605; < Latin torrent- (stem of ٴǰŧԲ ) seething, literally, burning, present participle of ٴǰŧ to burn, parch; torrid, -ent
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Word History and Origins

Origin of torrent1

C17: from French, from Latin ٴǰŧԲ (noun), from ٴǰŧԲ (adjective) burning, from ٴǰŧ to burn
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Donald Trump and his agents have unleashed a torrent and are now “flooding the zone.”

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It attracted a torrent of whining from Trump at a White House event with the German chancellor on Thursday, followed by an afternoon of Musk tweeting furiously in response.

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The band’s Reddit page, 166,000 members strong, is a daily torrent of fan tattoos of the band’s logo, Vessel cosplay outfits and memes of Sleep Token lyrics dropped into scenes of “Twilight.”

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His paragraphs flow like the water he admires: sometimes tranquil and easy, other times a tumbling, mixing, effervescent torrent directed by commas, never promising a full stop.

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Since the incident, some bereaved families have also been targeted by a torrent of conspiracies and malicious jokes online.

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Torrens titletorrential