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the Flood

DEFINITIONS OF: the Flood

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n (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings

Synonyms:
Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood
Type of:
alluvion, deluge, flood, inundation
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
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