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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)
- A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
- A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
- 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)
- (intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
- (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
- (transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.
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