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Answer for the clue "Flood (of visitors) ", 6 letters:
influx

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of flowing in [syn: inflow ] [ant: outflow , outflow ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Influx may refer to: Inflow (hydrology) In hydrology, the source of the water in a body of water Inflow (meteorology) , air that flows inwards to a thunderstorm Influx the arrival of large numbers of people or large amounts of money, goods, etc. Influx ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wave/influx of immigrants (= a large number of them ) ▪ A new wave of immigrants arrived in the 1950s. an influx of migrants (= the arrival of people in a particular place ) ▪ The growth of towns was due to an influx ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from French influx (1540s) or directly from Late Latin influxus "a flowing in," from past participle stem of influere "to flow in" (see influence ). Originally of rivers, air, light, spiritual light, etc.; used of people from 1650s.

Usage examples of influx.

He had a sense of something like tranquillity, contrasting with the frenzied modernity of Ulan Bator with its cosmopolitan influx of strangers.

And the sheep and weaving operations could be profitable in time, but, for an immediate influx of coins, my honey and candles and mead are needed.

I might say never, indeed, unless when a chance influx of visitors at Gateshead Hall rendered it necessary to turn to account all the accommodation it contained: yet it was one of the largest and stateliest chambers in the mansion.

The Swedenborgian doctrine concerning Christ and his mission is that he was the infinite God incarnate, not incarnate for the purpose of expiating human sin and purchasing a ransom for the lost by vicarious sufferings, but for the sake of suppressing the rampant power of the hells, weakening the influx of the infernal spirits, setting an example to men, and revealing many important truths.

Having bound his soul to each attribute in turn and reached the highest point on the tree, the Kabbalist would experience a tremendous influx of light.

Celtic wisdom, Mithraic rituals introduced by the Romans, and other strands of magical tradition had been reinvigorated by an influx of cabalism and esoteric Sufi beliefs brought from the Holy Land by returning crusaders.

She checked the ratio of the influx of nanoparticles across the series of prismatic grids.

Naturally, there was concern that with the influx of Watusi, the same sort of bloody uprising would befall Urundi.

It was said that the emergency rooms and walk-in clinics of the Queen City were frequently jammed by periodic influxes of out-of-towners who had unwisely attempted to eat beignets and talk at the same time, almost choking to death in the process.

Now, with this fresh influx of noblemen and cavaliers, food and lodging were scarce to be had, and the prince was hurrying forward his forces to Dax in Gascony to relieve the overcrowding of his capital.

The Communist Party from the first forbade its members to join the Home Guard and conducted a vicious campaign of libel against Wintringham and Co. During recent months the military call-up has almost stripped the Home Guard of men between twenty and forty, but at the same time there has been an influx of working-class boys of about seventeen.

Mistommerk was already inhabited by native sentients who called themselves the Min. They were not happy about this influx of intruders and they were frightened by our gear.

The guilty were dealt with tenderly, because the interest of the city demanded that severity should not diminish the great influx of scholars who flocked to that renowned university from every part of Europe.

The same politicians now bellowing in outrage about the interdiction of Cuban rafters made not a peep of protest when Clinton took the same step to halt the influx of boat people from Haiti.

Up to the time of our departure from Andersonville the constant influx of new prisoners had prevented the misery and wasting away of life from becoming fully realized.