TORRENT

torrent. Torrent, n. a sudden or very rapid stream, a crowd

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Tor″rent (?), n. [[F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See Torrid.]] 1. 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. Longfellow. 2. 2. Fig.: 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. Pope.