Synonyms for avalanche
ˈæv əˌlæntʃ, -ˌlɑntʃavalanche

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1. avalanchenoun

   Synonyms:
   snowslide, snowslip

2. avalanchenoun

   To descend like an avalanche.

   Synonyms:
   snowslide, snowslip

3. avalanchenoun

   A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

   The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.

   Synonyms:
   snowslip, snowslide

4. avalanchenoun

   A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.

   Synonyms:
   snowslip, snowslide

5. avalanchenoun

   Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).

   Synonyms:
   snowslip, snowslide

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.5 / 18 votes

1. avalanchenoun

   a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

2. avalancheverb

   a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things

   "the program brought an avalanche of mail"

3. avalanche, roll downverb

   gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

   Synonyms:
   roll down

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1. List of paraphrases for "avalanche":

   avalanches, deluge, spate, flood, blizzard, torrent

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1. List of known nicknames for "Avalanche":

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1. Elise Stefanik:

   Joe Biden has failed to secure the southern border, resulting in over 4 million illegal crossings of our southern border. The end of Title 42 will only make this worse, as our brave border patrol agents brace themselves for the avalanche of more illegal immigration this will incentivize, the Biden Administration is shamefully failing to take responsibility for their actions.

2. George Burns:

   No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

3. Debra Katz:

   It is simply not possible for her to prepare such testimony while at the same time trying to take appropriate security precautions in the face of the avalanche of threats she has been receiving.

4. Stanislaw J. Lec:

   Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

5. Mary Spio:

   I think we are going to see a slow build up of content and then we will start to see an avalanche of content maybe a few months after the Oculus( Rift) hits, i think that 2016 really is going to be when we see that inflection, the true transition for virtual reality.