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av·a·lanche Listen to audio/ˈævəˌlæntʃ/ noun
plural av·a·lanch·es
1 [count] : a large amount of snow and ice or of dirt and rocks that slides suddenly down the side of a mountain
▪ He was buried/trapped by an avalanche.
2 [singular] : a sudden great amount of something
▪ an avalanche of words ▪ an avalanche of praise/publicity

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