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Definition avalanche

Etymology

From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Late Latin l?b?na (“landslide”) (compare Franco-Provençal (Dauphiné) lavino, Romansch lavina), from Latin l?b?s, from l?bor (“to slip, slide”).

Noun

avalanche (plural avalanches)

  1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
  2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
  3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity; a barrage, blitz, etc.

Verb

avalanche (third-person singular simple present avalanches, present participle avalanching, simple past and past participle avalanched)

  1. (intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
  2. (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
  3. (transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.

Results 83 Words with the letters AVALANCHE

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10 letter words with the letters AVALANCHE 
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6 letter words with the letters AVALANCHE 
ANLACE 11
5 letter words with the letters AVALANCHE 
CALVE 13
CANAL 10
CHELA 11
CLAVE 13
CLEAN 10
HALVA 12
HALVE 12
HANCE 11
HAVEN 12
LANCE 10
LEACH 11
NAVAL 11
NAVEL 11
VENAL 11
4 letter words with the letters AVALANCHE 
ACHE 9
ACNE 8
ALAE 5
ALAN 6
ALEC 8
ANAL 6
CANE 8
CAVE 11
CLAN 9
EACH 9
ELAN 6
HAEN 7
HALE 7
HAVE 10
HEAL 7
LACE 8
LANE 6
LAVA 9
LAVE 9
LEAN 6
LECH 10
LEVA 9
NAVE 9
VALE 9
VANE 9
VEAL 9
VELA 9
VENA 9
3 letter words with the letters AVALANCHE 
AAH 5
AAL 4
ACE 6
AHA 5
ALA 4
ALE 4
ANA 4
ANE 4
AVA 7
AVE 7
CAN 7
CEL 7
HAE 5
HEN 6
LAC 7
LAV 8
LEA 4
LEV 8
NAE 4
NAH 6
VAC 10
VAN 8
2 letter words with the letters AVALANCHE 
AA 2
AE 2
AH 4
AL 3
AN 3
EH 4
EL 3
EN 3
HA 4
HE 4
LA 3
NA 3
NE 3

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