An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
A great flood or rain.
A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
To flood with water.
To overwhelm.
A disaster, especially one which is large in scale and readily seen by public observers.
The aftermath of a train crash.
Someone (especially a woman) who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.
To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster.