Avalanche (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward.
  2. anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity: an avalanche of misfortunes; an avalanche of fan mail.
  3. a cumulative ionization process in which the ions and electrons of one generation undergo collisions that produce a greater number of ions and electrons in succeeding generations.
verb (used without object), av·a·lanched, av·a·lanch·ing.
  1. to come down in, or like, an avalanche.
verb (used with object), av·a·lanched, av·a·lanch·ing.
  1. to overwhelm with an extremely large amount of anything; swamp.
noun
    • a fall of large masses of snow and ice down a mountain
    • a fall of rocks, sand, etc
  2. a sudden or overwhelming appearance of a large quantity of things
  3. a group of ions or electrons produced by a single ion or electron as a result of a collision with some other form of matter
verb
  1. to come down overwhelmingly (upon)
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