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Meanings of monster wave in anglès

rus
блуждающие волны
portuguès
onda gigante
espanyol
ola gigante
català
onada gegant
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Relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves that occur far out at sea.

onada gegant
Usage of monster wave in anglès
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A monster wave dashed up over the rocks and wet them to the skin.
The Master-Knot of Human Fate
2
Just then a monster wave fell on the stern of the boat and filled it.
The Thorogood Family
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Unclipping his rope, he crouched down low, something like a surfer riding a monster wave.
Don't blink
4
The accident came two weeks after a monster wave smashed into an Australian yacht taking part in a round-the-world race.
Reuters
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Then, at about the time Kip and Ironfist reached the middle of the bridge, Kip saw a monster wave coming in.
The black prism
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Before the monster wave destroyed her house she used to sell a local delicacy made from shredded dried tuna fish and coconut.
Reuters
7
The Kanaka in the prow gave the signal, and the boat backed into the monster wave just as it was about to break.
The Honorable Percival
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A nuclear power plant, the pride of Fukushima, was overwhelmed by the monster wave, setting off a series of disasters that never stopped.
Reuters
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Occasionally a monster wave broke over the cats-head, and struck thunderingly on the deck above me, the whole vessel trembling to the shock.
Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc...
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I heard Ackerman's voice just as a monster wave hit the pool and blasted ten thousand gallons of water straight up in the air.
The curse of lono
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The Geraldton was stricken about 400 nautical miles off the California coast by a monster wave that crashed over the boat's deck on Saturday.
Reuters
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I darted my hand toward where she'd been, touched something that might have been her hand, then got myself slammed down by the monster wave.
Savage
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The monster waved its tentacles at my saucer, but the craft's navigation system was able to avoid them with ease.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain