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• n  a heavy rain
• n  a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
  the houses were swept away in the torrent
• n  an overwhelming number or amount
  a torrent of abuse

• Over the past two months since John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, the Alaska Governor has become a web phenomenon, generating torrents of YouTube hype and .
• They're pretty strategic in terms of targeting legislative races and then unleashing torrents of mail into those districts.
• The rising torrent of racist language and publicly expressed racist attitudes may be a sign less that racism is spreading, than that the boundaries of mainstream tolerance are .

• downpour
• cloudburst
• deluge
• waterspout
• pelter
• soaker
• violent stream
• flood
• inundation

News & Articles

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• Kickass Torrents' KAT.ph Domain Seized By Philippine Authorities
  hypnosec writes "Kickass Torrents hasn't been accessible since sometime yesterday, and now it has been confirmed that the domain name of the torrent website has been seized by Philippine authorities. Local record labels and the Philippine Association of the Recording Industry said that the torrent site was doing 'irreparable damages' to the music industry and following a formal complaint the ...
  June 15, 2013 - Slashdot
• Objections to Fort Lee's memorial to comfort women continues
  The torrent of angry e-mails objecting to Fort Lee's decision to commemorate comfort women has not stopped, but the borough last week saw support emerge from a powerful source: the New Jersey Legislature.
  June 14, 2013 - The Record
• Crowded field could create lively contest for Boston City Council’s four citywide seats
  Boston voters should prepare to be patient in the voting booth this fall: 61 people have tentatively qualified to appear on municipal ballots as a torrent of candidates vie for mayor and City Council.        
  June 14, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Kumar Sangakkara in Hindu
  To be honest, I feel sorry for India's cricketers. They'll now face a torrent of criticism and abuse in the coming weeks. Fanatical fans will no doubt be burning effigies,Sangakkara said.
• Cliff Bleszinski in PC Authority
  Back in 2008 Epic's Cliffy B was famously quoted as saying "Here's the problem right now; the person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know bit torrent to know all the...
• Charles Schumer in BusinessWeek
  The Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to a torrent of corporate money,Schumer of New York said at a news conference in Washington. "The good news is that there are solutions that can help repatch the dam."