Flood
Flood noun - A great flow of water or of something that overwhelms.
Waves
Both words in one sentence
- In Saint Seiya, when Princess Hilda of Asgard or Poseidon flood the Earth by melting the ice caps, the series goes out of its way to show the devastation from tidal waves and superstorms even in spite of Athena's attempts to hold the waters back.
Source: No Endor Holocaust -
Unfortunately, they didn't anticipate Godzilla swimming under their blockade and displacing so much water that the destroyers and aircraft carriers get tossed about in the waves that proceed to flood the city in a tsunami.
Source: Film / Godzilla (2014) -
Several of the late-game areas with the Flood in the original Halo: Combat Evolved had them coming in infinite waves, as well as the final run to escape.
Source: The War Sequence
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