Deluge
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| #:''The rock concert was a '''deluge''' of sound.'' | #:''The rock concert was a '''deluge''' of sound.'' | ||
| # '''The Deluge''': The Biblical flood during the time of Noah. | # '''The Deluge''': The Biblical flood during the time of Noah. | ||
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| + | '''Deluge''' can refer to: | ||
| + | * A large downpour of [[rain]] | ||
| + | * A [[flood]] | ||
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| + | ; Mythical and prehistoric floods | ||
| + | * [[Flood myth]], mythic floods in general, involving Gilgamesh, and others | ||
| + | * [[Deluge (prehistoric)]], prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired deluge myths | ||
| + | * [[Genesis flood narrative]] | ||
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| + | ; Polish and Lithuanian history and culture | ||
| + | * [[Deluge (history)]], combined Swedish and Russians invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1654-1667) | ||
| + | ** [[The Deluge (novel)|''The Deluge'' (novel)]], ''Potop'', a novel by Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz about it | ||
| + | *** [[The Deluge (film)|''The Deluge'' (film)]], based on the novel | ||
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| + | ; Other | ||
| + | * [[Before The Deluge (Jackson Browne song)|''Before The Deluge'' (song)]], a Jackson Browne song from ''Late for the Sky'' | ||
| + | *''Deluge'', a 2008 novel by [[Anne McCaffrey]] and Elizabeth Anne Sarborough | ||
| + | *[[The Deluge (album)|''The Deluge'' (album)]], a 1986 album by Manilla Road | ||
| + | *[[Deluge (fine art photography)]], a museum exhibit by [[David LaChapelle]] | ||
| + | *[[Deluge (fireboat)]], a boat used in firefighting | ||
| + | *[[Deluge (novel)|''Deluge'' (novel)]], a 1928 novel by S. Fowler Wright | ||
| + | **[[Deluge (film)|''Deluge'' (film)]], a 1933 apocalyptic science fiction film loosely based on the novel | ||
| + | *''The Deluge'' (novella), a 1954 pastiche story credited to Leonardo da Vinci, actually written by [[Pierre Stephen Robert Payne|Robert Payne]] | ||
| + | *[[The Deluge (Mark Morris novel)|''The Deluge'' (novel)]], a 2007 novel by [[Mark Morris (author)|Mark Morris]] | ||
| + | *[[Deluge (software)]], a cross-platform BitTorrent client written using Python and GTK+ | ||
| + | *[[Deluge (Transformers)]], several Transformers characters | ||
| + | *[[Fire sprinkler system#Deluge systems|Deluge fire suppression systems]], systems that have all sprinklers connected to the water piping system open | ||
| + | *[[Flame Deluge]], a devastating nuclear war from Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s novel ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' | ||
| + | *[[Le Déluge (Saint-Saëns)|''Le Déluge'']], a 1875 oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||
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- A great flood or rain.
- The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
- An overwhelming amount of something.
- The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
- The Deluge: The Biblical flood during the time of Noah.
Deluge can refer to:
- Mythical and prehistoric floods
- Flood myth, mythic floods in general, involving Gilgamesh, and others
- Deluge (prehistoric), prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired deluge myths
- Genesis flood narrative
- Polish and Lithuanian history and culture
- Deluge (history), combined Swedish and Russians invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1654-1667)
- The Deluge (novel), Potop, a novel by Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz about it
- The Deluge (film), based on the novel
- The Deluge (novel), Potop, a novel by Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz about it
- Other
- Before The Deluge (song), a Jackson Browne song from Late for the Sky
- Deluge, a 2008 novel by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Anne Sarborough
- The Deluge (album), a 1986 album by Manilla Road
- Deluge (fine art photography), a museum exhibit by David LaChapelle
- Deluge (fireboat), a boat used in firefighting
- Deluge (novel), a 1928 novel by S. Fowler Wright
- Deluge (film), a 1933 apocalyptic science fiction film loosely based on the novel
- The Deluge (novella), a 1954 pastiche story credited to Leonardo da Vinci, actually written by Robert Payne
- The Deluge (novel), a 2007 novel by Mark Morris
- Deluge (software), a cross-platform BitTorrent client written using Python and GTK+
- Deluge (Transformers), several Transformers characters
- Deluge fire suppression systems, systems that have all sprinklers connected to the water piping system open
- Flame Deluge, a devastating nuclear war from Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s novel A Canticle for Leibowitz
- Le Déluge, a 1875 oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns
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