English language

How to pronounce torrent in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms deluge, flood, inundation
Type of flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, wad, deal, tidy sum, batch, sight, slew, spate, stack
Derivation torrential


a torrent of abuse.
Type Words
Synonyms cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, waterspout
Type of rainfall, rain
Derivation torrential
Type Words
Synonyms violent stream
Type of current, stream
Derivation torrential


the houses were swept away in the torrent.

Examples of torrent

torrent
Grabbing an overhead beam, she held on as a torrent rushed through the building.
From the washingtontimes.com
With these mundane materials, O'Casey unleashes a torrent of engulfing emotions.
From the time.com
If you don't want to pay for it, you can now download it via a torrent for free.
From the techcrunch.com
The great speeches of anguish burst out as a terrible torrent of grief and pain.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
It was tame stuff, yet it prompted a torrent of criticism, some of it offensive.
From the newscientist.com
Check your torrent software and see if its still listed in your completed files.
From the guardian.co.uk
Today, that torrent is just a trickle while the coffee infrastructure lays idle.
From the dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
Once because my bathroom ceiling was blown out by a torrent of water from above.
From the theatlantic.com
If you're looking for a copy, just hit up the torrent sites and do some digging.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • Downpour: a heavy rain
  • A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"
  • Flood: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
  • A torrent file stores metadata used for BitTorrent. It is defined in the BitTorrent specification.
  • Torrent (1926) is an American silent romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Monta Bell, based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibu00E1u00F1ez, and released on February 21, 1926.
  • BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data. BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files, and it has been estimated that it accounted for roughly 27-55% of all Internet traffic (depending on geographical location) ...
  • The Pontiac Torrent is a sport utility vehicle (SUV) that was offered by the Pontiac division of General Motors, being the successor of the discontinued Pontiac Aztek. ...
  • Kendell Logan Daughter of Wolverine and Storm better known as Torrent she was featured in The Marvel what if...? ...
  • The Torrent Group worth USD 714 million is a group of companies in India founded by U. N. Mehta. Currently, the group is managed by his sons, Mr Sudhir Mehta and Mr Samir Mehta. The core business of the group is pharmaceuticals and power. ...