deluge
/ˈdɛl.juː(d)ʒ/noun
High School
1
A great flood or rain.
2
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
3
A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing