Spate | Mean of spate in English Dictionary

/ˈspeɪt/

• Noun
• a large number of things that appear or happen in a short period of time
1. A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
2. the recent spate [=rash] of forest fires
3. There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
• very full
1. The river was in spate due to heavy rains.