NOACHIAN DELUGE

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Meaning:

(Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings

Synonyms:

Noachian deluge; Noah's flood; Noah and the Flood; the Flood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("Noachian deluge" is a kind of...):

alluvion; deluge; flood; inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)

Domain category:

Bible; Book; Christian Bible; Good Book; Holy Scripture; Holy Writ; Scripture; Word; Word of God (the sacred writings of the Christian religions)

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