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FLASH FLOOD

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• FLASH FLOOD (noun)
The noun FLASH FLOOD has 1 sense:

1. a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration

Familiarity information: FLASH FLOOD used as a noun is very rare.

• FLASH FLOOD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A sudden local flood of great volume and short duration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

flash flood; flashflood

Hypernyms ("flash flood" is a kind of...):

alluvion; deluge; flood; inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flash flood"):

floodhead (a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood)

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