After us, the Deluge.

The flood of 1342 was the biggest deluge in the history of central Europe.

The Roman world was overwhelmed by a deluge of Barbarians.

The teacher was deluged with questions.

The town was deluged with tourists in summer.

Force wins a footing, and, the foremost slain, / in, like a deluge, pours the Danaan train.

The deluge was a notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.

High in the citadel the monstrous frame / pours forth an armed deluge to the day, / and Sinon, puffed with triumph, spreads the flame. / Part throng the gates, part block each narrow way; / such hosts Mycenae sends, such thousands to the fray."

Safe could Antenor pass th' Illyrian shore / through Danaan hosts, and realms Liburnian gain, / and climb Timavus and her springs explore, / where through nine mouths, with roaring surge, the main / bursts from the sounding rocks and deluges the plain."

So when the foaming river, uncontrolled, / bursts through its banks and riots on the plain, / o'er dyke and dam the gathering deluge rolled, / from field to field sweeps on with cattle, flock and fold.