avalanche
noun
a large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward.
have avalanched
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present perfectof avalanche.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Slates and tiles have avalanched into the street, or the roof itself is entire, but has dropped sideways over the ruin below as a drunken cap over the dissolute.
From Old Junk by S. K. (Samuel Kerkham) Ratcliffe
