TORRENTS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

torrents

noun

plural of torrent

as in floods

a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms the dam broke, unleashing a torrent down the dry riverbed

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Recent Examples of torrents Legitimate footage showed torrents of water sweeping through a valley. — Thor Benson, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026 Burn scars on the landscape wildfires rapidly funnel water into downslope torrents. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Hikers and campers near Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch lodging area started running for their lives Saturday as torrential rainfall funneled down the canyon and idyllic creeks morphed into violent torrents. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026 The rocks and melted water suddenly swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing torrents of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Footage shows torrents of mud and debris sweeping through settlements and carrying buildings and vehicles with them. — Milad Haghani, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026 Total rainfall of nearly 3 feet was expected on the higher windward slopes, turning rivers into raging torrents and threatening mudslides. — Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Citizens poured out torrents of letters to editors complaining of Holmes’s fate. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Most of the deaths were in Hengzhou, where the partial collapse of a reservoir dam sent torrents of water into the city and claimed 26 lives, said Ding Wei, the vice mayor of Nanning city, which has jurisdiction over the area. — ABC News, 9 July 2026

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floods

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The droughts, floods, and crop yield reductions brought on by El Niño represent one of the primary risk factors.

— , CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
The advancing gas front improves sweep efficiency by penetrating tight, unreached reservoir compartments that standard water-injection floods bypass during secondary extraction campaigns.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

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