Definition of deluges:
(n) :
A great flood or rain.
(n) :
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
(v) :
(transitive) To overwhelm.
(n) :
(firefighting) A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
(v) :
(transitive) To flood with water.
(n) :
(Abrahamic religion) The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.