GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Torrent , n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See Torrid.]
   A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
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   The roaring torrent is deep and wide.
   Longfellow.
   
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   Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
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   At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . .
   Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age.
   Pope.
   
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   Torrent, a. [See Torrent, n.] Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. “Waves of torrent fire.”
   Milton.
   
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