superflood

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noun

A very large, devastating flood, especially one caused by the melting of a glacier-dammed lake.

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Meanings

nounsuperflood (plural superfloods)

plural superfloods

  1. A very large, devastating flood, especially one caused by the melting of a glacier-dammed lake.

    Under this plan, in the event of a superflood, New Orleans will have protection through the Bonnet Carre spillway, carrying a half million second feet of water.

    1935, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley, page 315

Origin

From super- + flood.

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superflood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superflood

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“superflood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superflood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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