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spate
1. Chiefly Brit a sudden flood
2. Chiefly Brit a sudden heavy downpour


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I managed to make out the road by means of occasional ruins of its villas and fences and lamps, and so presently I got out of this spate and made my way to the hill going up towards Roehampton and came out on Putney Common.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
She did not wish this spate of business and self-advertisement checked.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
In this steady rain the springs of the mountain were broken up; every glen gushed water like a cistern; every stream was in high spate, and had filled and overflowed its channel.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
 
 
 
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