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avalanche
1. n. Avalanche.
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avalanche
1. n. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
2. n. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
3. n. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity; a barrage, blitz, etc.
4. v. (intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
5. v. To come down upon; to overwhelm.
The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
6. v. To propel downward like an avalanche.

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I'd like to wipe out all of them in one big avalanche.  The road behind was blocked by a deathly silent avalanche.

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