AVALANCHES
- AVALANCHE, to fall or slide in a massive or overwhelming amount [v]
- A large mass of any material moving rapidly downhill
- A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside
- A sudden arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities
- A cumulative process in which a fast-moving ion or electron generates further ions and electrons by collision
- AVALANCHE, a generic term for any slide of snow, ice, and debris [n]