flash flood

flash flood

also flash·flood (flăsh′flŭd′)

n.

A sudden flood of great volume, usually caused by heavy rain.

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flash flood

n

(Physical Geography) a sudden short-lived torrent, usually caused by a heavy storm, esp in desert regions

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flash′ flood′

n.

a sudden rush of water down a narrow gully or over a sloping surface, caused by heavy rainfall.

[1935–40]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flash 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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Translations

flash flood

n → inondazione f

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