Noah's flood

Definitions of Noah's flood
  1. 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
    synonyms: Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood
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    type of:
    alluvion, deluge, flood, inundation
    the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
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