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- proper noun biblical The Biblical flood during the time of Noah.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"If," we find him saying, "the waters of the Deluge rose fifteen cubits above all the mountains of the countries which the raven and the dove inhabit, _the level must have been high enough to give universality to the Deluge_."
The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829
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A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is the next great graphic novel in a growing genre of journalistic or non-fiction graphic novels, that combine words and art to tell incredible stories of real life and real happenings.
“A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge” by Josh Neufeld (Pantheon, 2009) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is the next great graphic novel in a growing genre of journalistic or non-fiction graphic novels, that combine words and art to tell incredible stories of real life and real happenings.
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A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is a true story told in 14 parts about six different people — Leo & Michelle, Denise, Hamid, Kevin, and the Doctor — who escape and survive Hurricane Katrina.
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I thought about all of that and how amazing it will be to not have to change a fucking tampon every 45 minutes during what I call Deluge Stage.
Everydaystranger Shannon 2010
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Deluge is the only story by you that I have not read in two nights.
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The look and feel of Deluge is very reminiscent of uTorrent, and as much as uTorrent has dragged their heels on porting to any platform other than Windows, Deluge is poised to really take hold as a uTorrent-for-the-rest-of-us.
Five Best BitTorrent Applications | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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Deluge is a lightweight, cross-platform BitTorrent client.
Five Best BitTorrent Applications | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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There was not time for a second article under that head, and if you look in that dictionary you will find under the word Deluge a reference to Flood.
A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom 1896
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They are merely explanations of why Deluge is delayed and why you haven’t seen much of me at The Keenedom and why I haven’t answered your email.
42 – Brian Keene 2009
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