deluge

Noun

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  • plains fertilized by annual inundations
    

• a heavy rain

• an overwhelming number or amount
  • a flood of requests
    
  • a torrent of abuse
    

Verb

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• charge someone with too many tasks

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
  • the basement was inundated after the storm
    
  • The images flooded his mind
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  flood , inundation , alluvion , downpour , cloudburst , waterspout , torrent , pelter , soaker , inundate , submerge , overwhelm , flood out , swamp