Tsunami

Definitions

1. A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).
2. A large and generally unstoppable surge.
   figuratively

Equivalents

41 more languages

العربيةتسوناميموجة البحر الهائلة

Българскицунами

বাংলাসুনামি

Bosanskicunamitornadoцунами

Češtinatsunami

Danskflodbølge

Ελληνικάτσουνάμι

Esperantocunamo

فارسیآبلرزهسونامی

Suomihyökyaaltotsunami

Gàidhligtonn-taomaidhtonn-tuile

עבריתצונמי

हिन्दीत्सूनामीसुनामी

Hrvatskicunamitornadoцунами

Magyarcunamiszökőár

Հայերենցունամի

Bahasa Indonesiasemongtsunami

Italianomaremototsunami

日本語津波津浪海嘯

ქართულიცუნამი

ភាសាខ្មែរស៊ូណាមិ

한국어쓰나미지진해일해일

Kurdîtsunamî

Lietuviųcunamis

Te Reo Māoritai āniwhaniwha

Македонскицунами

Bahasa Melayutsunami

Nederlandstsunamivloedgolf

Polskitornadotsunami

Portuguêsmaremototsunami

Русскийцунами

Slovenčinacunami

Српскиcunamitornadoцунами

Svenskaflodvågtsunami

Kiswahilitsunami

தமிழ்ஆழிப்பேரலைகடற்கோள்சுனாமி

ไทยคลื่นยักษ์สึนามิ

Tagalogtsunami

Türkçedev dalgatsunami

Українськацунамі

Tiếng Việtsong thân

Examples

“A tsunami struck Japan recently.”

“A wave⟳ simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave⟳ conditions from midocean.”

“It seemed that what started out as a handful of isolated cases gradually turned into a tsunami of complaints.”

“It set⟳ off a tsunami of debate⟳ among the more esoteric critics, who either loved it or hated it but could not ignore⟳ it.”

“The next decade would culminate in a tsunami of legislation, civil litigation, and criminal prosecutions in which assisted suicide was both criminalized (as in Michigan) and decriminalized (as in Oregon).”

“The editor paid a heavy price - he was subsequently compelled to offer⟳ a grovelling and humiliating personal apology, following a tsunami of protest⟳.”

“Sadly, [Anna] Wintour did not control⟳ the weather, which was disappointingly inclement. But, no matter⟳, because the event was awash with a “tsunami of love⟳”.”

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