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English noun: avalanche | |||
| 1. | avalanche (event) a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | slide | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lahar | ||
| 2. | avalanche (event) a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things | ||
| Samples | The program brought an avalanche of mail. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
English verb: avalanche | |||
| 1. | avalanche (motion) gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow | ||
| Synonyms | roll down | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come down, descend, fall, go down | ||
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