Torrent
Torrent , noun
[French, from Latin torrens, -entis, from torrens burning, roaring, boiling, present participle of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See Torrid.]
1.
A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
The roaring torrent is deep and wide.
2.
Figuratively: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
At length, Erasmus, that great injured name,...
Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age.
Torrent , adjective
[See Torrent, n.]
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
Waves of torrent fire.