Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun avalanche

2 senses of avalanche

Sense 1
avalanche -- (a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain)
       => slide -- ((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.)

Sense 2
avalanche -- (a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; "the program brought an avalanche of mail")
       => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event -- (an event that happens)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb avalanche

1 sense of avalanche

Sense 1
avalanche, roll down -- (gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow)
       => descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")