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Avalanche   /ˈævəlˌæntʃ/   Listen
noun
Avalanche  n.  
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 of anything.





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"Avalanche" Quotes from Famous Books



... condition greatly assisted by the slippery nature of the ground. Then, with wild shouts, and brandishing their iron-studded clubs and their formidable halberts and scythes, down the mountain-side rushed, with the fury of their native avalanche, the heroic Confederates; and falling on their foes literally slew them by thousands. Many hundreds of the Austrians perished in the lake, the men of Zurich alone making a stand, and falling each where he fought. Few succeeded ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various
... came like a flash upon the enemy, who were not aware of our coming until we pounced upon them like an avalanche, and though they fought obstinately, they were ...
— History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service • John R. Kinnear
... thoughts—if Mamie WERE as pretty as Woollett published her; as to which issue seeing her now again was to be so swept away by Woollett's opinion that this consequence really let loose for the imagination an avalanche of others. There were positively five minutes in which the last word seemed of necessity to abide with a Woollett represented by a Mamie. This was the sort of truth the place itself would feel; it would send her forth in confidence; it would point ...
— The Ambassadors • Henry James
... answer: We bring Only ourselves! we lost Sight of the rest in the storm. Hardly ourselves we fought through, 120 Stripp'd, without friends, as we are. Friends, companions, and train, The avalanche swept from our ...
— Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems • Matthew Arnold
... of reaching the very pinnacle, that I could not withstand the impulse of making the effort to get there. Over the loose stones I scrambled, clinging with hands and feet as best I could, whilst an avalanche of rocky fragments slid, tumbled, and rattled ominously down ...
— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 • Various


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