Niagara vs avalanche

Niagara

noun
  • A flood, torrent, or outpouring, especially one of massive proportions. 

  • A Niagara grape. 

name
  • A regional municipality on the Niagara Peninsula, southern Ontario, Canada, colloquially known as the Niagara Region. 

  • A ghost town in Western Australia. 

  • A river (the Niagara River) which flows from Lake Erie, over Niagara Falls into Lake Ontario; the geographical region of the United States and Canada in proximity to this river. 

  • A city and town in Wisconsin. 

  • The Niagara Falls. 

  • A town in New York. 

  • A city and village in North Dakota. 

  • A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada. 

avalanche

noun
  • A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice. 

  • A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity. 

  • A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. 

verb
  • The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers. 

  • To come down upon; to overwhelm. 

  • To descend like an avalanche. 

  • To propel downward like an avalanche. 

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