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aluvión — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alluvium noun soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
  • barrage noun A sudden, heavy, and continuous stream of something, especially words, questions, or gunfire.
  • spate noun A sudden rush or outpouring of something, especially a large number of events happening close together.
  • surge noun A sudden, powerful increase or rush.

Senses

aluvión is used for these senses in English:

  • alluvium soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
  • barrage (by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
  • mudslide A geological event in which viscous mud flows down an incline.
  • spate (countable) A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.
  • surge A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

barrage — full definition

  1. noun A sudden, heavy, and continuous stream of something, especially words, questions, or gunfire.
  2. noun A man-made barrier across a river built to control its depth or flow.
  3. verb To attack or overwhelm with a continuous stream of something.

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