What is the meaning of avalanche?

noun

  • A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain.
  • A sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things.
    • usage: "the program brought an avalanche of mail"

verb

  • Gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow.
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