avalanche

[US]/ˈævəlɑːnʃ/
[UK]/ˈævəlæntʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a sudden and powerful rush of snow down a mountainside
vi. to come down or go down like an avalanche
vt. to overwhelm (someone) with a large amount of something

Phrases & Collocations

avalanche warning

avalanche danger

trigger an avalanche

avalanche photodiode

Example Sentences

an avalanche of letters

an avalanche of mud.

the avalanche left a trail of destruction.

received an avalanche of mail.

She was avalanched with invitations.

we have had an avalanche of applications for the post.

We received an avalanche of inquiries.

the climbers were avalanched down the south face of the mountain.

They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.

The chopped waveshapes of an avalanche transistor and krytron electrooptics gates are compared by streak camera measurement.

No one could emerge from that avalanche alive, unless one believed that man could rise from the dead.

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