Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Deluge \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.

Deluge \Del"uge\, n. [F. d['e]luge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere
   wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See
   {Lave}, and cf. {Diluvium}.]
   1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an
      inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great
      flood in the days of Noah (--Gen. vii.).

   2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great
      destruction. ``The deluge of summer.'' --Lowell.

            A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur
            unconsumed.                           --Milton.

            As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London]
            street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial
            ground, which has still survived in the deluge. --F.
                                                  Harrison.

            After me the deluge. (Apr['e]s moi le d['e]luge.)
                                                  --Madame de
                                                  Pompadour.

Source : WordNet®

deluge
     n 1: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
          torrent of abuse" [syn: {flood}, {inundation}, {torrent}]
     2: a heavy rain [syn: {downpour}, {cloudburst}, {waterspout}, {torrent},
         {pelter}, {soaker}]
     3: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
        normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual
        inundations" [syn: {flood}, {inundation}, {alluvion}]
     v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the
          basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images
          flooded his mind" [syn: {flood}, {inundate}, {swamp}]
     2: charge someone with too many tasks [syn: {overwhelm}, {flood
        out}]
     3: fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn: {inundate},
         {submerge}]