As they neared the foot of the hill the sky opened and a heavy torrent fell mercilessly down.A torrent of water flowed down the street.The criminal grand jury decided in October not to charge Washington, setting off a torrent of criticism in the black community.Heavy rains had turned the small stream into a torrent.He worried a story about him would draw a torrent of invitations from bookstores eager to have him in for holiday publicity.The river occasionally becomes a torrent after a downpour, and may even cause flooding.2 → a torrent of something Examples from the Corpus torrent in torrents The rain came down in torrents. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English torrent tor‧rent / ˈtɒrənt $ ˈtɔː-, ˈtɑː- / noun 1 WATER a large amount of water moving very quickly and strongly in a particular direction → flood After five days of heavy rain the Telle river was a raging torrent (=a very violent torrent ).
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