What does "torrent" mean?

Torrent: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. "Waves of torrent fire." Milton.

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