noun
(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
• Syn: ↑Noah's flood, ↑Noah and the Flood, ↑the Flood
• Topics:
↑Bible, ↑Christian Bible, ↑Book, ↑Good Book, ↑Holy Scripture, ↑Holy Writ, ↑Scripture, ↑Word of God, ↑Word
• Hypernyms: ↑flood, ↑inundation, ↑deluge, ↑alluvion
Useful english dictionary. 2012.