avalanche
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avalanche (plural avalanches)
- A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
- A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
- A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
- Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).
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large sliding mass of snow and ice
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fall of earth, rocks, etc.
sudden descent or influx
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to avalanche (third-person singular simple present avalanches, present participle avalanching, simple past and past participle avalanched)
- (intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
- (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
- The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
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- avalanche in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- avalanche in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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avalanche f. (plural avalanches)
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avalanche
- avalanche
