avalanched

Variant of avalanche

avalanche definition

ava·lanche (av′ə lanc̸h′)

noun

  1. a mass of loosened snow, earth, rocks, etc. suddenly and swiftly sliding down a mountain, often growing as it descends
  2. any large, overwhelming quantity that comes suddenly an avalanche of mail, of blows, etc.

Etymology: Fr (altered after avaler, to descend) < lavanche < Prov lavanca < *lavenca, prob. a pre-Roman word in a non-IE language of N Italy

intransitive verb, transitive verb avalanched -·lanched′, avalanching -·lanch′·ing

to come down (on) like an avalanche

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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