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"Avalanche" Definition

noun

A fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside.
A massive or overwhelming amount; a flood: received an avalanche of mail.
A large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice.
A sudden great or overwhelming rush or accumulation of something .
A cumulative process in which photons or accelerated charge carriers produce additional photons or charge carriers through collisions (as with gas molecules).

verb-intransitive

To fall or slide in a massive or overwhelming amount.

verb-transitive

To overwhelm; inundate.

verb

To descend in an avalanche.

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