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torrent

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tor⋅rent

  [tawr-uhnt, tor-]
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–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 torrēns) seething, lit., burning, prp. of torrēre to burn, parch; see torrid, -ent

Synonyms:
4. outburst, deluge, flood, spate.
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tor·rent   (tôr'ənt, tŏr'-)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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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Computing Dictionary

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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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