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avalanches
noun(av-a-lanche)
a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice
avalanches
noun(av-a-lanche)
a sudden great or overwhelming rush or accumulation of something
avalanches
noun(av-a-lanche)
a cumulative process in which photons or accelerated charge carriers produce additional photons or charge carriers through collisions (as with gas molecules)
avalanches
verb(av-a-lanche)
to descend in an avalanche
avalanches
verb(av-a-lanche)
overwhelm, flood

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