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    FLASHFLOOD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A sudden local flood of great volume and short durationplay

    Synonyms:

    flash flood; flashflood

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    Hypernyms ("flashflood" is a kind of...):

    alluvion; deluge; flood; inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flashflood"):

    floodhead (a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood)

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