Defenition of the word avalanche
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Defenition of the word avalanche
- A fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside.
- Great quantity of ice or snow that falls down suddenly from a mountain slope while increasing in volume and speed.
- a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; "the program brought an avalanche of mail"
- a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- of snow masses in the mountains
- a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
Synonyms for the word avalanche
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- accumulation
- flood
- inundation
- landslide
- mass
- roll down
- rush
- snowslide
- storm
- sudden large amount
Similar words in the avalanche
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- avalanche
- avalanche's
- avalanches
Hyponyms for the word avalanche
Hypernyms for the word avalanche
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- come down
- descend
- fall
- go down
- happening
- natural event
- occurrence
- occurrent
- slide
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