Assault
Flood
Flood noun - A great flow of water or of something that overwhelms.
How words are described
| initial | initial assault | initial flood |
| actual | actual assault | actual flood |
| entire | entire assault | entire flood |
| constant | constant assault | constant flood |
| Other adjectives: massive, big, enormous, huge, disastrous, main, major, next, subsequent, impending, imminent, last, previous, sudden, ensuing, upcoming, incoming. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Mercy Kill: During the assault one Elite is infected and begs to not become one of the Flood.
- Techno Babble: Subverted when Carl Friedrich Gauss plays himself up as a clumsy, scatterbrained genius who deliberately creates a flood of "demented nonsense" in order to provide Michael with the excuse needed to take an assault team to the spot he needs it to go.
Source: Literature / The Salvation War -
The Flood launch a final and utterly massive assault against the Ark (defended by Offensive Bias and the remnants of Forerunner navy) in an attempt to prevent the activation of the Halo arrays.
Source: Video Game / Halo 3
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