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lanche
Plural
avalanches
1
large amounts of snow falling from mountains
- Rescue teams were dispatched to the area after the avalanche.
- The avalanche buried the mountain village in snow.
- The avalanche was caused by a heavy snowfall the previous night.
- The climbers were caught in the avalanche.
- They survived the avalanche by taking shelter in a cave.
2
a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things