Meaning of Torrent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
2. A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
   Internet
3. A large amount or stream of something.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Rain fell on the hills in torrents.”

“A torrent of green and white water broke over the hull of the sail-boat.”

“"Try not the Pass!" the old man said; / "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, / The roaring torrent is deep and wide!" / And loud that clarion voice replied / Excelsior!”

“Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.”

“They endured a torrent of inquiries.”

“The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, / And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.”

“On the banks of the grey torrent of life, love is the only flower.”

“Western civilization has always taught the repression of emotion […] The emotional torrents of opera rebel against this.”

“A new stream of migrants is leaving the continent. It threatens to become a torrent if the debt crisis continues to worsen.”

“I got a torrent of the complete works of Shakespeare the other day; I'm not sure why.”

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