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spate  audio  (spt) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A sudden flood, rush, or outpouring: "It issues a spate of words from the loudspeakers and the politicians" (Virginia Woolf).
  2. Chiefly British
    1. A flash flood.
    2. A freshet resulting from a downpour of rain or melting of snow.
    3. A sudden heavy fall of rain.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English


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