To propel downward like an avalanche.
The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
To come down upon; to overwhelm.
To descend like an avalanche.
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.
To discharge weapons in a salvo.
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
The combined cheers of a crowd.