Flashflood (original) (raw)
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
Synonyms:
flash flood; flashflood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("flashflood" is a kind of...):
alluvion; deluge; flood; inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flashflood"):
floodhead (a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood)