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outpouring, spate, inundation, flow, overflow, tide, cascade:<br />

In minutes the brook became a rushing torrent. They assailed us<br />

with a torrent of abuse.<br />

torrential<br />

adj. rushing, streaming, copious, profuse, teeming, relentless,<br />

violent; fierce, vehement, vociferous, ferocious: The<br />

torrential monsoons inundated the land. I had never heard such a<br />

torrential outpouring of oaths.<br />

torrid<br />

adj. 1 hot, fiery, sultry, stifling, sweltering, broiling,<br />

sizzling, roasting, blazing, burning, baking, cooking, boiling,<br />

blistering, blistery, scorching, scorched, parched, parching,<br />

arid; humid, steamy, steaming, muggy; tropical: It seemed<br />

impossible that any creature could survive in such a torrid<br />

climate. 2 fervent, fervid, passionate, intense, ardent,<br />

inflamed, impassioned, lustful, amorous, erotic, Colloq sexy,<br />

hot: The film was noted for its torrid love scenes.<br />

tortuous adj. 1 twisted, twisting, winding, wandering, serpentine,<br />

turning, crooked, sinuous, bent, curled, curling, curved, curvy,<br />

curvilinear, flexuous, anfractuous, convoluted, involuted,<br />

zigzag, maze-like, mazy, labyrinthine: They followed a tortuous<br />

trail through the jungle. 2 roundabout, indirect, devious,<br />

intricate, involved, unstraightforward, complicated, ambiguous,<br />

ambagious, circuitous, warped, crooked, tricky, misleading,<br />

deceptive: We could not help being intrigued by the tortuous<br />

Machiavellianism of the scheme.<br />

toss<br />

v. 1 throw, cast, lob, pitch, fling, hurl, heave, shy, launch,<br />

send, let fly, propel, catapult, sling, bowl, Colloq chuck: The<br />

goalkeeper tossed the ball into the middle of the field. 2<br />

shake, jerk, stir up, agitate, fling: Lucy disdainfully tossed<br />

her head. 3 shake (up), stir (up), agitate, jiggle, tumble,<br />

joggle; wave, lash, thrash: Don't you put the dressing on<br />

before you toss the salad? The branches of the huge oak were<br />

being tossed about in the storm. 4 writhe, wriggle, squirm, toss<br />

and turn, thrash: I tossed all night, unable to get a moment's<br />

sleep. 5 pitch, yaw, wallow, roll, lurch, undulate, plunge:<br />

Our little boat was tossed this way and that in the heavy seas.<br />

--n. 6 throw, lob, pitch, heave, shy: His toss went wild and<br />

the ball rolled over the cliff.

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