A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
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.
An excessive or sudden increase or flood (of something).
To cause (something) to be too swollen or large; to become too swollen or large.
To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).