Meaning of Avalanche | Babel Free
ˈævəlɑːnʃDefinitions
- A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
- A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
- A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
uçqun
བོད་སྐད
གངས་རུད
Català
allau
Cymraeg
eirlithrad
Eesti
laviin
Euskara
elur jausi
Gaeilge
maidhm shneachta
Gàidhlig
maoim-sneachda
Galego
Laredo
Magyar
lavina
Bahasa Indonesia
longsor
Íslenska
snjóflóð
ქართული
ზვავი
Қазақша
көшкін
Lëtzebuergesch
Lawin
Latviešu
lavīna
Te Reo Māori
horo
Nederlands
lawine
Slovenčina
lavína
Slovenščina
plaz
Тоҷикӣ
баҳман
ไทย
หิมะถล่ม
Türkçe
çığ
Українська
лавина
Tiếng Việt
tuyệt lộ
Examples
“They were drinking from a fountain / That was pouring like an avalanche / Coming down the mountain”
“Yes, but she talked it away. She uses a whole language to herself. Her discourse is an avalanche of words, beneath which the hearers are overwhelmed.”
“I stepped into an avalanche, it covered up my soul”
“The apparent success of the City and South London triggered an avalanche of bills for Tube railways, and in 1892 a Joint Select Committee of Parliament set out some ground rules.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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