torrential
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ʃəl, toʊ-, tə-
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torrential (tɒˈrɛnʃəl, tə-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Example sentences
Torrential rains in equatorial regions tend to leach the soils of nutrients.
But one of the placebo days also happened to fall on a day of widespread torrential downpours.
Despite torrential publicity about the fitness craze, the population is aging and seems to be expanding.
Outside, the rain was still torrential and the pavements vanished.
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