avalanche
av‧a‧lanche /ˈævəlɑːntʃ $ -læntʃ/ noun [countable]
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Synonyms & Related Wordsavalanche[noun]Synonyms:- snow-slide, landslide, landslip
- flood, barrage, deluge, inundation, torrent
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English Dictionaryav‧a‧lanche /ˈævəlɑːntʃ $ -læntʃ/
noun [countable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: French;
Origin: French dialect lavantse, avalantse]
1. a large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that falls down the side of a mountain:
Two skiers were killed in the avalanche.2. an avalanche of something a very large number of things such as letters, messages etc that arrive suddenly at the same time:
The school received an avalanche of applications. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsavalanche nounI. large amount of snow falling AVALANCHE + VERB happen, strike sth The avalanche struck the ski resort in the late afternoon.
engulf sb/sth | kill sb They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. PREP. in an/the ~ They died in an avalanche. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
avalanche II. large number/amount of sth VERB + AVALANCHE be buried under AVALANCHE + VERB engulf sth the avalanche of lawlessness threatening to engulf our civilization PREP. ~ of We've been almost buried under the avalanche of mail. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲