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English noun: tidal wave

1. tidal wave (event) an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon


SamplesA tidal wave of nausea.
The flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave.
A tidal wave of crime.


Broader (hypernym)manifestation

2. tidal wave (event) an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide


Broader (hypernym)calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, moving ridge, tragedy, wave

3. tidal wave (event) a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun


Broader (hypernym)moving ridge, wave









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