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avalanchesnounpl. of avalanche a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high placeMuch of the mountainside was covered by the avalanche. landslides, mudslides, slides, snowslidesbursts, cataclysms, cataracts, deluges, discharges, engulfments, floods, flood tides, flushes, gushes, inundations, Niagaras, outbursts, outflows, outpourings, overflows, spates, surges, torrents, washoutsalluvions, baths, currents, rivers, streams, tidesfluxes, inflows, influxesblizzardscascades, waterfalls dribbles, drips, trickles a sudden large amount of something that overwhelmsAfter the disaster, the town received an avalanche of letters and donations from supporters and well-wishers. deluges, floods, flurries, rushes, spates, surges, volleysbaths, cataracts, flood tides, inundations, Niagaras, overflows, torrentsfluxes, inflows, influxescloudbursts, discharges, flushes, gushes, outflows, outpouringsexcesses, gluts, overabundances, overages, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surplusesbarrages, blitzes, blitzkriegs, bombardments, cannonades, drumbeats, drumfires, fusillades, hails, salvos(or salvoes), showers, stormscurrents, rivers, streams, tidesengulfmentsblizzardscascades, waterfalls crunches, dearths, deficiencies, deficits, droughts(also drouths), failures, famines, inadequacies, insufficiencies, lacks, lacunae(also lacunas), paucities, pinches, poverties, scarcities, shortages, undersupplies, wantsdribbles, drips, trickles avalanchesverbpresent tense third-person singular of avalancheto fall down in a large massThe snow avalanched down the mountainside. crashes, descends, drops, falls, plummets, plunges, sinks, skids, tumblesslides, slipsdeluges, drowns, engulfs, floods, gulfs, inundates, overflows, overwhelms, submerges, submerses, swampsflows, flushes, gushes, pours, sluices, spouts, spurts, streamssmothersovercomes, overruns dehydrates, dries, parchesdrains |