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tsunami
noun as in flood
noun as in tidal wave
Example Sentences
It did not rain in Benetusser that grey Tuesday, but a "tsunami of reeds and water" triggered by torrential downpours kilometres away surged into her street.
California’s recent brushes with tsunami warnings have led officials to reiterate the need for residents to know if they live, work or otherwise frequent hazard zones.
The fascination is the harbor itself—circular, expansive and basically ruined by the time of the fourth century through a combination of earthquakes, tsunamis and rising seas.
The RRS Sir David Attenborough, a state-of-the-art ship named after the renowned UK naturalist, will aid research on everything from "hunting underwater tsunamis" to tracking glacier melt and whale populations.
A powerful 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines late Friday, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an earlier warning was lifted, authorities said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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