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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
tor·rent       [tawr-uhnt, tor-] Pronunciation Key
–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.
–adjective
5.torrential.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < L torrent- (s. of torréns) seething, lit., burning, prp. of torrére to burn, parch; see torrid, -ent]

—Synonyms 4. outburst, deluge, flood, spate.
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tor·rent       (tôr'ənt, tŏr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A turbulent, swift-flowing stream.
  2. A heavy downpour; a deluge.
  3. A heavy, uncontrolled outpouring: a torrent of insults; torrents of mail.


[Latin torrēns, torrent-, from present participle of torrēre, to burn; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
torrent 
1601, from Fr. torrent, from L. torrentem (nom. torrens) "rushing stream," originally "roaring, boiling, burning, parching," prp. of torrere "to parch" (see terrain). Sense of "any onrush" (of words, feelings, etc.) first recorded 1647. Torrential first attested 1849.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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torrent

noun
1. a heavy rain [syn: downpour] 
2. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent" 
3. an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [syn: flood] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Torrent

Tor"rent\, n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See Torrid.]

1. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

The roaring torrent is deep and wide. --Longfellow.

2. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.

At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . . Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.

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Torrent

Tor"rent\, a. [See Torrent, n.] Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. "Waves of torrent fire." --Milton.

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