Torrent /(?)/

Tor·rent

Torrent

n.
  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.
  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.

Torrent

a.
  1. Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.