avalanche
/ˈævəlæn(t)ʃ/ verb C2- To descend like an avalanche.
- To come down upon; to overwhelm. · The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
- To propel downward like an avalanche.
He/she/it avalanches · Past avalanched · Past participle avalanched · -ing form avalanching
Verb forms
- Base form
- avalanche
- He/she/it
- avalanches
- Past
- avalanched
- Past participle
- avalanched
- -ing form
- avalanching
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I predict from all this an avalanche of dinners and routs.
Competitors inevitably scrambled to emulate Lane's triumphant model, precipitating a veritable avalanche of paperback imprints across the United States and Europe.
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