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valanche

valanche is the obsolete form of avalanche.

Meaning of avalanche

Noun

avalanche (plural avalanches)

  1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
    • They were drinking from a fountain / That was pouring like an avalanche / Coming down the mountain1996, “Pepper”, performed by Butthole Surfers
    Synonyms:
    snowslide, snowslip
  2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
  3. (broadly) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
    • Yes, but she talked it away. She uses a whole language to herself. Her discourse is an avalanche of words, beneath which the hearers are overwhelmed.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 177
    Synonyms:
    barrage, blitz

See all 6 meanings of avalanche

Forms of valanche

pluralvalanches

Questions about valanche

What is valanche the obsolete form of?
Valanche is the obsolete form of avalanche.

Words near valanche in the dictionary

  1. Valais
  2. valance
  3. valanced
  4. valancelike
  5. valances
  6. valanche
  7. valanches
  8. valancing
  9. Valandovo
  10. Valanginian
  11. valanimycin

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