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English noun: tidal wave | |||
| 1. | tidal wave (event) an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon | ||
| Samples | A 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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