Avalanche

Definitions

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; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
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Equivalents

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.”

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