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vyöryä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avalanche noun A large mass of snow and ice that suddenly breaks loose and slides down a mountainside.
  • billow noun A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound.
  • swarm noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.

Senses

vyöryä is used for these senses in English:

  • avalanche (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
  • billow To surge or roll in billows.
  • swarm (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
  • swarm (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.

avalanche — full definition

  1. noun A large mass of snow and ice that suddenly breaks loose and slides down a mountainside.
  2. noun A sudden, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
  3. verb To come down or arrive suddenly and overwhelmingly, like an avalanche.

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