What is another word for freshet?

Pronunciation: [fɹˈɛʃɪt] (IPA)

Freshet is a term usually used to describe a sudden, overwhelming flood or inundation of water. In the realm of synonyms, the word deluge can be used to describe a flood of water that causes great damage or inconvenience. The term surge can also be used to describe a sudden and rapid rise of water, and can be seen in tidal or nautical contexts. The word spate can be used to describe a sudden, violent rush of water or a flood, while overflow is often used to describe the excess of water spilling over from a container or channel. Finally, the word torrent can describe a violent or rapid flow of water or a flood caused by heavy rainfall.

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Usage examples for Freshet

The great dam, upon which he toiled so many nights, is left to the mercy of the freshet or the canoeman's axe; and no plash of falling water through a break-that sound which in autumn or winter brings the beaver like a flash-will trouble his wise little head for a moment.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
Then one day a prospector went into the valley after a big freshet and came across his wrecked shanty.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
But if he would reflect for a moment, he would wisely determine that it requires not a very strong dyke to pen up the surplus water during a freshet, for the main current is confined by immense banks reaching far, far below.
"Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847"
Albert James Pickett

Famous quotes with Freshet

  • This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
    Sitting Bull
  • Withdrawn and ruinous it broods in umbra: the immemorial masonry: the towers, the tracks. Is all corroding? No. Through an avenue of spires a zephyr floats; a bird whistles; a freshet bears away from a choked river.
    Mervyn Peake

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