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. Geraldo Rivera:

   If you had done the obvious and saw the problem as it's manifesting itself -- it's no accident that you're facing an avalanche of criticism following that first trip you made to Guatemala and then to Mexico, she's declaring victory but it seems kind of hollow when the reality is so jarring compared to what she's actually accomplished.

2. President Obama:

   President Obama, for President Obama part, mostly has steered clear of taking shots at President Obama successor. But an avalanche of criticism on Monday about alleged Russian interference in the presidential election, mostly from Democratic leaders, gave way to an extended critique from Earnest during the White House press briefing. Speaking later with Trevor Noah, President Obama echoed Earnest in noting that Donald Trump had joked the Russians should hack Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s secret email server to recover tens of thousands of emails she had deleted prior to an FBI investigation. The President-elect in some of Trevor Noah political events specifically said to the Russians, hack Hillary's emails so we can finally find out what's going on and confirm our conspiracy theories.

3. Anna Filatovskaya:

   For Serbia, the demand has been growing like an avalanche, it’s as if all our company is doing these days is selling tours for Serbia.

4. Stanislaw J. Lec:

   Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

5. Sam Lavigne:

   We wanted to see if people would be interested in meeting other people just based on this one bit of information rather than this avalanche of information that you usually get, whoa! This one is ready to go!