avalanche
noun [C] /ˈæv.əl.ɑːnʃ/
/-æntʃ/ Definition
› a large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountainSnow and iceCold › too many things that arrive or happen at the same time: We were swamped by an avalanche of letters/phone calls/complaints.Too much and unnecessary
(Definition of avalanche noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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