Avalanche

Noun

 * 1) A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
 * 2) A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
 * 3) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
 * 4) Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).

Verb

 * 1)  To descend like an avalanche.
 * 2)  To come down upon; to overwhelm.

Adjectives for Avalanche
hoofed; blinding; deep; startling; rocky; appalling; impending; sun-awakened; stupendous.

Verbs for Avalanche
beat—; endure—; evade—; loose—; perish in—; precipitate—; protect against—; roll down in—; —crashes; —denudes; —descends; —destroys; —endangers; —gathers force; —masses; —occurs; —overwhelms; —plunges; —pours by; —roars; —rushes by; —suffocates; —swallows; —sweeps past; —washes along.

Thesaurus
abundance; affluence; ample sufficiency; ampleness; amplitude; blizzard; bonanza; bountifulness; bountiousness; bumper crop; coast; copiousness; crystal; deluge; driven snow; embarras de richesses; enough; extravagance; extravagancy; exuberance; fertility; flake; flood; flow; flurry; foison; full measure; fullness; generosity; generousness; glide; glissade; glissando; granular snow; great abundance; great plenty; gush; igloo; inundation; landslide; landslip; lavishness; liberality; liberalness; lots; luxuriance; mantle of snow; maximum; mogul; money to burn; more than enough; much; myriad; myriads; numerousness; opulence; opulency; outpouring; overabundance; overaccumulation; overbounteousness; overcopiousness; overdose; overflow; overlavishness; overluxuriance; overmeasure; overmuchness; overnumerousness; overplentifulness; overplenty; overpopulation; overprofusion; oversufficiency; oversupply; plenitude; plenteousness; plentifulness; plenty; plethora; prevalence; prodigality; productiveness; profuseness; profusion; quantities; redundancy; repleteness; repletion; rich harvest; rich vein; richness; riot; riotousness; scads; shower; sideslip; skid; slide; slip; slippage; slither; slosh; slush; snow; snow banner; snow bed; snow blanket; snow blast; snow fence; snow flurry; snow roller; snow slush; snow squall; snow wreath; snow-crystal; snowball; snowbank; snowbridge; snowcap; snowdrift; snowfall; snowfield; snowflake; snowland; snowman; snowscape; snowshed; snowslide; snowslip; snowstorm; spate; stream; subsidence; substantiality; substantialness; superabundance; superflux; teemingness; wealth; wet snow

Etymology
Swiss French, from (Savoy) avalançhe:, blend of aval: ‘downhill’ and standard lavençhe:, from  (cf. Occitan lavanca:, Italian valanga:), alteration of  labina: ‘landslide’ (cf. Franco-Provençal (Dauphiné) lavino:, Romansch lavina:), from Latin labi: ‘to slip, slide’.

Pronunciation

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