avalanche
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈæv.ə.læntʃ/
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avalancha
- The scientist received an avalanche of emails from researchers around the world in response to her groundbreaking study.
It may have the effect of eliciting a an avalanche of sympathy.
- It may have the effect of eliciting a an avalanche of sympathy.
- That is an avalanche of historical data.
- But the the perfect storm just LED into an avalanche.
- So this time we don't know this time, but we've had an avalanche of accusations on the highest levels.
- And I don't mean this in terms of money necessarily right now, but I do think once that snowball, right, that avalanche gets going downhill.
- This is why I'm obsessed with AI, is it is the promise of being able to find the patterns in an overwhelming avalanche of data.
- The other thing is that there has been, as you know, this avalanche of new scientific discoveries that have validated ancient wisdom.
- It caused an avalanche of experiments of all sorts of things that to do with science, to do with physics and to do with chemistry.
- There's this, you know, kind of avalanche of things that I've come back to.
- You're going to have an avalanche of business avalanche.
- I am talking like an an absolute avalanche of fluids from my body.
Examples
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Around the country, an avalanche of public-sector bargaining laws followed.
Academic text (2010) -
The other thing is that there has been, as you know, this avalanche of new scientific discoveries that have validated ancient wisdom.
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And you are under an avalanche of people who just want your help.
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That is an avalanche of historical data.
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So this started an avalanche of activity, all these fast food.
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It's an avalanche of flavor.
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This small, but extremely dangerous, bill has opened a door to a potential avalanche of socialist medical spending.
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Your Honor, there is an avalanche of evidence against Miss Fleming.
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I can imagine an avalanche of lawsuits and debts.
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We should have so many damn transactions that anyone nosy enough to investigate will be buried under an avalanche of detail.
Synonyms
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2.4
A very large number of things that arrive suddenly
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3.0
A sudden strong burst of emotion or noise
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7.6
A sudden violent attack, often by soldiers or severe weather
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3.3
A sudden large amount of problems or messages that is hard to deal with
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4.8
A sudden large flow of things like tears or sparks
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6.8
A very large amount of something that arrives at once
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4.3
A sudden violent outburst of feeling or action
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7.2
A very large number of things that arrive at the same time
Antonyms
Compounds
A plant that lives for many years with white flowers often with orange spots near melting snow
How Overwhelming
Surface Forms
Etymology
Avalanche comes from an old French mountain word aval meaning 'down', and is related to the English word valley. Picture a huge fall that buries things, and you will see why an avalanche of messages or complaints means a sudden, overwhelming flood of them.