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SPATE

Definition:

[noun] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
[noun] a sudden forceful flow
Synonyms: rush, surge, upsurge
[noun] the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Synonyms: freshet