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Torrential

[taw-ren-shuhl, toh-, tuh-]

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adjective

pertaining to or having the nature of a torrent.

resembling a torrent in rapidity or violence.

falling in torrents: torrential rains.

produced by the action of a torrent.

violent, vehement, or impassioned.

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overwhelming; extraordinarily copious.

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Origin:
1840–50; torrent + -ial

Related forms

tor·ren·tial·ly, adverb

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It was carved through the ages by the erosive agency of torrential rains and melting snows.

Europe's second-largest river has been swollen by torrential rain and melting snow.

Torrential rains may threaten communities hundreds of miles away from the point of landfall.

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It was carved through the ages by the erosive agency of torrential rains and melting snows.

Europe's second-largest river has been swollen by torrential rain and melting snow.

Torrential rains may threaten communities hundreds of miles away from the point of landfall.

Sopping wet after standing in line for the press bus security check in torrential rain.

Irene moved slowly, flooding many towns with torrential rain.

Outside, the rain was still torrential and the pavements vanished.

Months of torrential rain have caused flooding and landslides all over the country.

High winds and torrential rains are destructive, but storm surge can be far more dangerous.

But one of the placebo days also happened to fall on a day of widespread torrential downpours.

There were torrential rain and at some points hailstones as large as baseballs.

Even before the blasts torrential rain meant that roads were clogged.

The summer monsoon brings a humid climate and torrential rainfall to these areas.

Can withstand a torrential downpour with no compromises in functionality.

Airlines worry far more about wind or ice than rain, even torrential rain.

Many people there were living without water or electricity, in homes without roofs-and there has been torrential rain every day.

Torrential rains could erode dikes, releasing more mud, displacing more people.

We could use debris to help shore up mountainsides, where during torrential rains you get this run off.

Torrential rains in equatorial regions tend to leach the soils of nutrients.

Torrential rains and thunderstorms the night before had knocked out power, submerged the popular.

Torrential rain prompts tragedy, and a need for prevention.

Snowstorms often buried the western part of the trail, and torrential rains ravaged the eastern portion.

And she no longer has to work outdoors all day in the blazing sun and torrential monsoon rain.

The evening's light drizzle has graduated to full-on torrential.

One day torrential rains caused the drainage ditches to overflow into the road.

All of a sudden the sky darkened, and these torrential rains came, and the streets flooded.

And this was after two days of no walks because it has been torrential rain here.

Despite torrential publicity about the fitness craze, the population is aging and seems to be expanding.

Storm surges can overwhelm miles of shoreline, and torrential rains can flood.

That's because a torrential flood forced the community to move after a lake formed by glacial.

The men toiled under a broiling sun and in torrential rains.

She went outside to discover that a torrential downpour left no cabs in sight.

It was still expected to experience torrential rains and high.

Monsoons are seasonal winds that blow from one direction for approximately six months and often bring torrential rains.

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torrential (tɒˈrɛnʃəl, tə-)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to a torrent
2.	pouring or flowing fast, violently, or heavily: torrential rain
3.	abundant, overwhelming, or irrepressible: torrential abuse

torrentially

—*adv*

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