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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. | |
