Definitions
Large mass of snow, ice, or rock sliding rapidly down a slope.
Word origin
From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Late Latin lābīna (“landslide”) (compare Franco-Provençal (Dauphiné) lavino, Romansh lavina), from Latin lābēs, from lābor (“to slip, slide”).
Used in a sentence
“They were drinking from a fountain / That was pouring like an avalanche / Coming down the mountain”
“Yes, but she talked it away. She uses a whole language to herself. Her discourse is an avalanche of words, beneath which the hearers are overwhelmed.”
“I stepped into an avalanche, it covered up my soul”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Mountain snow rush”9 letters
02“Snow slide”9 letters
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