avalanche

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Singular
avalanche

Plural
avalanches

avalanche (plural avalanches)

  1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
  2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
  3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
  4. Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).

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Infinitive
to avalanche

Third person singular
avalanches

Simple past
avalanched

Past participle
avalanched

Present participle
avalanching

to avalanche (third-person singular simple present avalanches, present participle avalanching, simple past and past participle avalanched)

  1. (intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
  2. (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
    The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.

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avalanche f. (plural avalanches)

  1. avalanche

[edit] Portuguese

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avalanche

  1. avalanche