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avalanche
/ˈævəlæn(t)ʃ/
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What does avalanche mean?
noun
- 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; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To descend like an avalanche.
- To come down upon; to overwhelm.
- To propel downward like an avalanche.
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IPA pronunciation
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The avalanche cooled us, reducing the temperature ten or fifteen degrees, giving us new life, and relieving our fevered blood.
And in the harp arose the tempest of Lungmen, the dragon rode the lightning, the thundering avalanche crashed through the hills.
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As the sand descends, they pile it and nimbly push it back, after which they drag along lifelessly until the next avalanche.
Then, as though Fortune suddenly felt that he was winning this stupendous success too easily, Bell was flung back by an avalanche of troubles.
The face is seamed and seared with the stern marks of toil and endurance, as the mountain-side is with marks of storm and avalanche.