blizzard
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈblɪzərd/
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aluvión
- You're looking at a blizzard of litigation!
No, no, he monetized their misery with just a Blizzard of lies.
- No, no, he monetized their misery with just a Blizzard of lies.
- Look what Joe Biden did in his first weeks in office, a flurry of Blizzard of executive orders.
- Well, I find that almost everything happens over and over again and we're in this the Blizzard of these things happening.
Examples
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-- and now we begin a blizzard of cuts.
Fiction book (1997) -
Well, I find that almost everything happens over and over again and we're in this the Blizzard of these things happening.
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The blizzard of 2003 isn't over yet.
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It's easy to do when you are swept up in the blizzard of trying to do Christmas right, and you fail to see the beauty in each individual snowflake.
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Petals drifted down in clouds from the orchards, a blizzard of dying flowers.
Fiction book (1992) -
Lou's desk was a blizzard of papers strewn in haphazard drifts.
Fiction book (1999) -
With a storm of cheers and a blizzard of ticker tape... New York welcomes back Eudora Fletcher... and Leonard Zelig, the human chameleon.
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The company faced a blizzard of complaints after the product was released.
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After the announcement, the politician received a blizzard of criticism from the media.
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She was caught in a blizzard of questions during the press conference.
Synonyms
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3.7
A strong public reaction of anger or protest
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5.9
A large number of unpleasant events that happen suddenly
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5.1
A sudden large number of messages or requests that arrive at once
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7.6
A sudden violent attack, often by soldiers or severe weather
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5.5
A very large, powerful storm that causes widespread damage or a very serious situation with many problems
How Overwhelming
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blizzard is also used for a sudden large amount of things because a real blizzard feels like a violent 'attack' of wind and snow. So a blizzard of emails or criticism is a sudden, overwhelming flood that hits you all at once.