avalanche
(noun, verb)
noun
1. a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
Definition categories: event, slide
2. a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- the program brought an avalanche of mail
Definition categories: event, happening, occurrence, occurrent
verb
1. gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
Definition categories: motion, descend, fall
Sentences with avalanche as a verb:
- The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.