FLOOD TIDES Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

flood tides

noun

plural of flood tide

as in floods

a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms the flood tide of criticism that the company received

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Noun

Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, a statewide research division, said El Niño is partly to blame for the recent floods.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
From droughts and wildfires to floods and slow, rolling nature degradation, fashion’s nature risks are becoming impossible to ignore.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of floods

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Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows?

— Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
There was also a time when leadership halted, then resumed, downloading torrents sourced from Anna’s Archive, another staffer testified.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of torrents

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