A violent rushing stream of water or other fluid; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice; as a torrent of lava.

A violent or rapid stream; a strong current; as a torrent of vices and follies; a torrent of corruption. Erasmus, that great injur'd name, Stemm’d the wild torrent of a barb’rous age.

Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream; as waves of torrent fire.