TORRENT
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Tor"rent (?), n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See Torrid.] 1. 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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2. 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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Tor"rent, a. [See Torrent, n.] Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. “Waves of torrent fire.” Milton.
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