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Definition of Avalanche

1. Noun. A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain.

2. Verb. Gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow.

3. Noun. A sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things. "The program brought an avalanche of mail"

Definition of Avalanche

1. n. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

Definition of Avalanche

1. Noun. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. ¹

2. Noun. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice. ¹

3. Noun. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything. ¹

4. Noun. Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc). ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To descend like an avalanche. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Avalanche

1. [v -LANCHED, -LANCHING, -LANCHES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avalanche

availableness availablenesses availably availe availed availes availest availeth availful availing

availingly availment availments avails aval avalanche (current term) avalanche conduction avalanche effect avalanche lily avalanched

avalanches avalanching avale avaled avalent avales avaling avalone avals avalvular

Literary usage of Avalanche

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"This is all very fine, but let us not be RIDING THE avalanche. carried away by excitement, but ask calmly, how does this person feel about it in his cooler ..."

2. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1885)
"Killing One Lady and Injuring Many, ñ ? !' / -- on the Great St. Hprn~.nl. from un avalanche Fulling embedding Two of the Serva in of the ..."

3. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1851)
"Arrived on the avalanche"— I here endeavored to interpose. " Permit me, sir—it is generally the avalanche that arrives on you." " Wait a moment. ..."

4. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1851)
"Arrived on the avalanche"— I here endeavored to interpose. " Permit me, sir—it is generally the avalanche that arrives on you." " Wait a moment. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"... avalanche. By TEMPEST ANDERSON, MD, ... On September 11,1895, an enormous avalanche fell from the ..."

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