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Avalanche - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Avalanche : (noun)
1: a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a
mountain
2: a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things;
"the program brought an avalanche of mail"
(verb)
1: of snow masses in the mountains [syn: roll down]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Avalanche : \Av"a*lanche`\ (?; 277), n. [F. avalanche, fr. avaler
to descend, to let down, from aval down, downward; ? (L. ad)
_ val, L. vallis, valley. See Valley.]
1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down
a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an
avalanche of snow or ice.
3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of
anything.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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