avalancha — 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.
- deluge noun A sudden, heavy flood of water, or an overwhelming rainstorm.
- onslaught noun A fierce, forceful attack.
- spate noun A sudden rush or outpouring of something, especially a large number of events happening close together.
Senses
avalancha is used for these senses in English:
- deluge An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
- onslaught (by extension) A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
- spate (countable) A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.
- spate (countable, figurative) A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.
avalanche — full definition
- noun A large mass of snow and ice that suddenly breaks loose and slides down a mountainside.
- noun A sudden, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
- verb To come down or arrive suddenly and overwhelmingly, like an avalanche.
deluge — full definition
- noun A sudden, heavy flood of water, or an overwhelming rainstorm.
- noun An overwhelming amount of anything arriving at once.
- verb To overwhelm someone with a large amount of something.