Synonyms for tsunami
tsʊˈnɑ mitsuna·mi

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1. tsunaminoun

   Synonyms:
   tidal wave

2. tsunaminoun

   A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

   Synonyms:
   tidal wave

Princeton's WordNet

1. tsunaminoun

   a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption

   "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"

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1. • Calamity
   • Wave

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1. List of paraphrases for "tsunami":

   tsunamis, post-tsunami, tsunami-hit, tsunami-affected

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1. tsunami

   Synonyms:
   Seismic sea wave

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1. Jean Su:

   I think we're going to see another huge tsunami of utility shutoffs, winter moratoria are just going to kick the can down a couple months.

2. Bernardo Aliaga:

   This exercise will be testing a new enhanced data product that will allow governments to better forecast a tsunami's height, energy and direction of waves, and then use that data to communicate with local populations.

3. Michael Li:

   It would be the equivalent of a tsunami, democrats would have to win larger than any sort of recent midterm wave — almost double what they got in 2006 — in order to win a narrow majority.

4. Paul Kalas:

   One of the mysteries arising from the study of exoplanets is that we see systems where the planets are misaligned, even though they are born in a flat, circular disk, maybe a cosmic tsunami hit these systems and rearranged everything about them, but we havent had proof.

5. Maryam Kamalmaz:

   Whenever a natural disaster struck, he was there. He worked in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, when the tsunami hitIndonesia, Majd went there to serve others. He also worked with war victims in Kosovo and Bosnia following the catastrophic wars in those countries.