>>2461114 (PB-Q)

Definition of avalanche

1 : a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice

2 : a sudden great or overwhelming rush or accumulation of something hit by an avalanche of paperwork

3 physics : a cumulative process in which photons or accelerated charge carriers produce additional photons or charge carriers through collisions (as with gas molecules)

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