torrents

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large amounts:

torrents of rain

in torrents The rain came down/fell in torrents.

We have received torrents of letters/requests/criticism.

Lava poured down the mountainside in torrents.

The whole village was engulfed by raging torrents after the river burst its banks.

She was subjected to torrents of abuse from the crowd.

Torrents of meltwater gush down the mountainside.