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Meanings of monster wave in English

Russian
блуждающие волны
Portuguese
onda gigante
Spanish
ola gigante
Catalan
onada gegant
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Relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves that occur far out at sea.

блуждающие волны
Usage of monster wave in English
1
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
3
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
5
Then, at about the time Kip and Ironfist reached the middle of the bridge, Kip saw a monster wave coming in.
The black prism
6
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
8
A nuclear power plant, the pride of Fukushima, was overwhelmed by the monster wave, setting off a series of disasters that never stopped.
Reuters
9
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...
10
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
11
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
12
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
13
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