the Flood

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the Flood - (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

Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood

Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Bible, Word of God, Book, Word - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"

flood, inundation, alluvion, deluge - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

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flood
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inundation
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Noah and the Flood
Noah's flood
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We must reach the upper levels of the pits in advance of the flood or we shall never reach them.

The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

The flood of tears, however, left him no resource; so he at once gave him a drubbing, which satisfied even Mrs.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

They had two canoes with them, which they had hauled up upon the shore; and as it was then ebb of tide, they seemed to me to wait for the return of the flood to go away again.

Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context

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