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Definition of "torrential" []

  • Resembling, flowing in, or forming torrents: torrential mountain streams; a torrential downpour. (adjective)
  • Resulting from the action of fast-flowing streams: torrential erosion. (adjective)
  • Flowing or surging abundantly; wild: torrential applause. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "torrential" in a sentence
  • "A lot of what she called the torrential downpours we're getting now, Wolf."
  • "In 1963, in torrential rain, the sorting office slid slowly and without bloodshed into a quarry, and lay there at 45 degrees for many years."
  • "Gave his record-length inaugural speech in torrential rains then died of pneumonia a month later."