Dictionary entry

Deluge (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Del″uge, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deluged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deluging.] 1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore.

2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.

At length corruption, like a general flood...

Shall deluge all. Pope.