avalanche
noun
a large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward.
had avalanched
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past perfectof avalanche.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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After we had got by and were continuing on our way down to Süs, we turned along an outstanding buttress of cliff and saw that some two miles of steep slope ahead had avalanched.
From Ski-running by Katharine Symonds Furse
