2. Verb. (third-person singular of avalanche) ¹
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Definition of Avalanches
1. avalanche [v] - See also: avalanche
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avalanches
Literary usage of Avalanches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Silviculture, with Particular Reference to Its Application by Ralph Chipman Hawley (1921)
"The forest needs protection against injury from. avalanches or snow-slides and
is itself a protective agent in preventing damage from avalanches to property ..."
2. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"avalanches are caused by the loosening and fall of masses of snow or ice on ...
They are of rarer occurrence than other avalanches and seldom cause any ..."
3. Elements of Geology by Alonzo Gray, Charles Baker Adams (1863)
"avalanches are masses of ice and snow, which are precipitated down the ...
In Switzerland avalanches are very frequently precipitated into the valleys. ..."
4. The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the by Andrew Wilson (1875)
"THE VALLEY OF STONE avalanches A HINDU DEVOTEE—THE DREAD MOTHER ... On great part
of the next day's journey, granite avalanches were also a prominent and ..."
5. A Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland, and The Alps of Savoy and Piedmont by John Murray (Firm) (1867)
"The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow."—Byron. avalanches (Germ. ...
The staub-lawinen (dust avalanches) are formed of loose fresh-fallen snow, ..."