HyperDic: flash_flood

English > 1 sense of the expression flash flood:
NOUNphenomenonflash flood, flashflooda sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
English > flash flood: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA sudden local flood of great volume and short duration.
Synonymflashflood
NarrowerfloodheadA wall of water rushing ahead of the flood
Broaderflood, inundation, deluge, alluvionThe rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Spanishcrecida

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