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torrent

n. விசைநீரோடை, பாய்நீரோட்டம், விசைமாரி, விசைப்பொழிவு.


Tor"rent, n. Etym: [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. The roaring torrent is deep and wide. Longfellow. 2. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence. At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . . Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. Pope. Tor"rent, a. Etym: [See Torrent, n.] Defn: Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. "Waves of torrent fire." Milton.


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