Meaning

1 senses
  1. Coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.

    There was a torrential downpour and we were all soaked.

    torrential rain

    sintflutartig, sturzflutartig, wolkenbruchartig

    проливно́йprolivnój

More definitions
  • pouring in abundance
  • resembling a torrent in force and abundance
  • relating to or resulting from the action of a torrent

Examples

8 sentences
  1. A torrential downpour fell on the coast.

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  2. The torrential rain took everyone by surprise.

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  3. The hillside had torrential flooding from the west.

    ruСклон горы повернул воды паводка на запад.

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  4. The torrential rain did quite a bit of damage.

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  5. Dozens of people have died in flash floods triggered by torrential rain.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities:

Forms

more torrential, most torrential
Comparativemore torrential Lesson
Superlativemost torrential Lesson

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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