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flash flood
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flash flood also flash·flood (flshfld)
n.
A sudden flood of great volume, usually caused by a heavy rain.
flash flood
Noun
a sudden short-lived flood
flash flood  (flsh)
A sudden, localized flood of great volume and short duration, typically caused by unusually heavy rain in a semiarid area. Flash floods can reach their peak volume in a matter of a few minutes and often carry large loads of mud and rock fragments.
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Noun1.flash floodflash flood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
flashflood
flood, inundation, alluvion, deluge - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
floodhead - a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; "we were lucky to be safe when the floodheads hit"


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