avalanche

[ av-uh-lanch, -lahnch ]

/ ˈæv əˌlæntʃ, -ˌlɑntʃ /

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noun

a large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward.

anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity: an avalanche of misfortunes; an avalanche of fan mail.

Also called Townsend avalanche. Physics, Chemistry. a cumulative ionization process in which the ions and electrons of one generation undergo collisions that produce a greater number of ions and electrons in succeeding generations.

verb (used without object), av·a·lanched, av·a·lanch·ing.

to come down in, or like, an avalanche.

verb (used with object), av·a·lanched, av·a·lanch·ing.

to overwhelm with an extremely large amount of anything; swamp.

Origin of avalanche

1755–65; <French < dial. (Savoy) avalantse, alteration (by association with avaler to descend rapidly) of laventse<pre-Latin (perhaps Ligurian) *lavanca, or reshaping of Late Latin labīna landslide (derivative of Latin labī to slide) with a pre-Latin suffix -anca

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH avalanche

avalanche , landslide

Words nearby avalanche

avadavat, avail, available, available light, avail oneself of, avalanche, avalanche lily, avalanche wind, Valediction Forbidding Mourning, A, Avalokitesvara, Avalon

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Example sentences from the Web for avalanche

Now I take 45 minutes for coffee and a little breakfast, check the avalanche report, and I’m out the door.
The Definitive Guide to Dawn Patrol|Outside Editors|October 16, 2020|Outside Online
No one wants to be caught under a snack or linen avalanche every time they open their pantry.
The best bins and baskets to keep your pantry perfectly organized|PopSci Commerce Team|October 13, 2020|Popular Science
These days, when something important or “newsy” happens, there’s an avalanche of content online that overwhelms people and leaves them less certain of what’s happening than before.
Our misinformation problem is about to get much, much worse|Sean Illing|October 6, 2020|Vox
After the Thomas Fire burned across hills around the town, rain led to a kind of muddy avalanche so powerful it carried entire boulders.
California wildfires may give way to massive mudslides|Ula Chrobak|September 17, 2020|Popular Science

After staff and guests are cut off from all access to the outside world by a devastating avalanche, resentments are laid bare as the corporate food chain unravels and office politics take a deadly turn.
9 new books to read in September|Rachel King|September 1, 2020|Fortune
Horst Ulrich, a 72-year-old German on a trek with a group of friends, watched four Nepali guides swept away by an avalanche.
Nepal’s Deadliest Avalanche Was Totally Avoidable|Dick Dorworth|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was an avalanche in lower Manhattan, reaching 2.4 on the Richter scale.
The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And after enough snowflakes of conflict comes the avalanche.
Is Democracy Doomed Abroad?|James Poulos|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of the other Nepali Sherpas working on the mountain witnessed the avalanche as it covered their friends and fellow workers.
Everest's Sherpas Are Right To Revolt|Dick Dorworth|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They had a son named Nima, but Lopsang was soon swallowed by an avalanche on the Lhotse Face.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling|Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Alps have the avalanche, “the thunderbolt of snow,” and the glaciers, those icy Niagaras so beautiful and grand.
With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2|Various
Fastolfe's hard-driven battle-corps raged on like an avalanche toward the waiting advance-guard.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc|Mark Twain
He overheard the examination of a man who wished to drive one of the "avalanche" wagons, as they call them.
Medical Essays|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
But one chance left—'mid these misfortunes vast,Looming like avalanche upon their prey,— "Treason!"
The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West|William Henry Hamilton Rogers
They were the three foremost in the line and felt the first effects of the avalanche.
True Tales of Mountain Adventures|Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond

British Dictionary definitions for avalanche

avalanche

/ (ˈævəˌlɑːntʃ) /

noun

a fall of large masses of snow and ice down a mountain
a fall of rocks, sand, etc

a sudden or overwhelming appearance of a large quantity of thingsan avalanche of letters

physics a group of ions or electrons produced by a single ion or electron as a result of a collision with some other form of matter

verb

to come down overwhelmingly (upon)

Word Origin for avalanche

C18: from French, by mistaken division from la valanche, from valanche, from (northwestern Alps) dialect lavantse; related to Old Provençal lavanca, of obscure origin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for avalanche

avalanche

[ ăv′ə-lănch′ ]

The sudden fall or slide of a large mass of material down the side of a mountain. Avalanches may contain snow, ice, rock, soil, or a mixture of these materials. Avalanches can be triggered by changes in temperature, by sound vibrations, or by vibrations in the earth itself.

A process resulting in the production of large numbers of ionized particles, in which electrons or ions collide with molecules, with each collision itself producing an additional electron or ion that in turn collides with other molecules. Avalanches are what generate the pulses of electric current that are registered by Geiger counters.

单词	avalanche
释义	avalanche [ av-uh-lanch, -lahnch ] / ˈæv əˌlæntʃ, -ˌlɑntʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR avalanche ON THESAURUS.COM noun a large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward. anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity: an avalanche of misfortunes; an avalanche of fan mail. Also called Townsend avalanche. Physics, Chemistry. a cumulative ionization process in which the ions and electrons of one generation undergo collisions that produce a greater number of ions and electrons in succeeding generations. verb (used without object), av·a·lanched, av·a·lanch·ing. to come down in, or like, an avalanche. verb (used with object), av·a·lanched, av·a·lanch·ing. to overwhelm with an extremely large amount of anything; swamp. Origin of avalanche 1755–65; <French < dial. (Savoy) avalantse, alteration (by association with avaler to descend rapidly) of laventse<pre-Latin (perhaps Ligurian) *lavanca, or reshaping of Late Latin labīna landslide (derivative of Latin labī to slide) with a pre-Latin suffix -anca WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH avalanche avalanche , landslide Words nearby avalanche avadavat, avail, available, available light, avail oneself of, avalanche, avalanche lily, avalanche wind, Valediction Forbidding Mourning, A, Avalokitesvara, Avalon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for avalanche Now I take 45 minutes for coffee and a little breakfast, check the avalanche report, and I’m out the door. The Definitive Guide to Dawn Patrol\|Outside Editors\|October 16, 2020\|Outside Online No one wants to be caught under a snack or linen avalanche every time they open their pantry. The best bins and baskets to keep your pantry perfectly organized\|PopSci Commerce Team\|October 13, 2020\|Popular Science These days, when something important or “newsy” happens, there’s an avalanche of content online that overwhelms people and leaves them less certain of what’s happening than before. Our misinformation problem is about to get much, much worse\|Sean Illing\|October 6, 2020\|Vox After the Thomas Fire burned across hills around the town, rain led to a kind of muddy avalanche so powerful it carried entire boulders. California wildfires may give way to massive mudslides\|Ula Chrobak\|September 17, 2020\|Popular Science After staff and guests are cut off from all access to the outside world by a devastating avalanche, resentments are laid bare as the corporate food chain unravels and office politics take a deadly turn. 9 new books to read in September\|Rachel King\|September 1, 2020\|Fortune Horst Ulrich, a 72-year-old German on a trek with a group of friends, watched four Nepali guides swept away by an avalanche. Nepal’s Deadliest Avalanche Was Totally Avoidable\|Dick Dorworth\|October 20, 2014\|DAILY BEAST It was an avalanche in lower Manhattan, reaching 2.4 on the Richter scale. The Resilient City: New York After 9/11\|John Avlon\|September 11, 2014\|DAILY BEAST And after enough snowflakes of conflict comes the avalanche. Is Democracy Doomed Abroad?\|James Poulos\|August 31, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Many of the other Nepali Sherpas working on the mountain witnessed the avalanche as it covered their friends and fellow workers. Everest's Sherpas Are Right To Revolt\|Dick Dorworth\|April 22, 2014\|DAILY BEAST They had a son named Nima, but Lopsang was soon swallowed by an avalanche on the Lhotse Face. Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling\|Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman\|March 30, 2014\|DAILY BEAST The Alps have the avalanche, “the thunderbolt of snow,” and the glaciers, those icy Niagaras so beautiful and grand. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2\|Various Fastolfe's hard-driven battle-corps raged on like an avalanche toward the waiting advance-guard. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc\|Mark Twain He overheard the examination of a man who wished to drive one of the "avalanche" wagons, as they call them. Medical Essays\|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. But one chance left—'mid these misfortunes vast,Looming like avalanche upon their prey,— "Treason!" The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West\|William Henry Hamilton Rogers They were the three foremost in the line and felt the first effects of the avalanche. True Tales of Mountain Adventures\|Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond British Dictionary definitions for avalanche avalanche / (ˈævəˌlɑːntʃ) / noun a fall of large masses of snow and ice down a mountain a fall of rocks, sand, etc a sudden or overwhelming appearance of a large quantity of thingsan avalanche of letters physics a group of ions or electrons produced by a single ion or electron as a result of a collision with some other form of matter verb to come down overwhelmingly (upon) Word Origin for avalanche C18: from French, by mistaken division from la valanche, from valanche, from (northwestern Alps) dialect lavantse; related to Old Provençal lavanca, of obscure origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to avalanche flood, barrage, landslide, torrent, deluge, inundation, snowslide Scientific definitions for avalanche avalanche [ ăv′ə-lănch′ ] The sudden fall or slide of a large mass of material down the side of a mountain. Avalanches may contain snow, ice, rock, soil, or a mixture of these materials. Avalanches can be triggered by changes in temperature, by sound vibrations, or by vibrations in the earth itself. A process resulting in the production of large numbers of ionized particles, in which electrons or ions collide with molecules, with each collision itself producing an additional electron or ion that in turn collides with other molecules. Avalanches are what generate the pulses of electric current that are registered by Geiger counters. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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avalanche

noun

verb (used without object), av·a·lanched, av·a·lanch·ing.

verb (used with object), av·a·lanched, av·a·lanch·ing.

Origin of avalanche

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH avalanche

Words nearby avalanche

Example sentences from the Web for avalanche

British Dictionary definitions for avalanche

noun

verb

Word Origin for avalanche

Words related to avalanche

Scientific definitions for avalanche