All avalanche synonyms

noun avalanche

• flood — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
• barrage — A barrage is continuous firing on an area with large guns and tanks.
• landslide — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
• torrent — a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
• deluge — A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
• inundation — to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
• landslip — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
• snowslide — an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• slide — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
• quantity — a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• mass — the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
• shower — a person or thing that shows.
• storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.