Noah and the Flood

Noah and the Flood
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, ↑Noachian deluge, ↑the Flood
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Hypernyms: ↑flood, ↑inundation, ↑deluge, ↑alluvion

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