avalanche

  1. Noun.  A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
  2. Noun.  A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
  3. Noun.  A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
  4. Noun.  Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.

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