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Meanings of avalanches in English
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Examples for "avalanche"
Examples for "avalanche"
1
Climbers, however, are far less likely to use avalanche beacons than skiers.
2
However, a fresh avalanche has left up to 250 more people missing.
3
The remaining five people involved in the avalanche were uninjured, said police.
4
They must have known of the greater avalanche; possibly of the disaster.
5
The ensuing avalanche of litigation was expected to cost North Carolina millions.
Usage of avalanches in English
1
The sounds also could be used to warn of landslides or avalanches.
2
A book about avalanches in Iceland lay open on the bedside table.
3
Tornadoes, landslides, avalanches and persistent rain have flooded freeways and caused mudslides.
4
Storms, avalanches and crevasses all contributed to an expedition fraught with difficulty.
5
This soundscape becomes a symphony of cracking ice floes and down-rushing avalanches.
6
It was like wildfire and hurricanes and avalanches raging all at once.
7
That was the year that so many people were killed in avalanches.
8
A further 22 people were killed by avalanches in the Swiss Alps.
9
The weather was better on Friday but the risk of avalanches hampered efforts.
10
Not to mention the area's generally unpredictable weather, including snowstorms and sudden avalanches.
11
Map locating where avalanches struck this week near the Annapurna route in Nepal.
12
Several avalanches fell down the route as he climbed, but Kellogg escaped harm.
13
They have issued a fresh avalanche warning in Kashmir where avalanches occur frequently.
14
The huge avalanches were more frequent than on the outward journey.
15
There was a sound as of the rushing down of avalanches.
16
The bushes were all pointing downhill from the pressure of snow and avalanches.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common