Noun
- 1. avalanche, slide
- usage: a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- 2. avalanche, happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
- usage: a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; "the program brought an avalanche of mail"
Verb
- 1. avalanche, roll down, descend, fall, go down, come down
- usage: gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
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