Tsunami
noun
A very large wave from the ocean usually caused by an earthquake under the sea.
The earthquake in Indonesia triggered a tsunami that hit various coastlines in the Indian Ocean.
Often appears as...
- trigger a tsunami
- tsunami warning
noun
An overwhelming number or amount of something.
The company experienced a tsunami of orders after their product was featured on a popular TV show.
Often appears as...
- tsunami of orders
- tsunami of emails
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Colloquial
noun
A very large wave from the ocean usually caused by an earthquake under the sea.
The earthquake in Indonesia triggered a tsunami that hit various coastlines in the Indian Ocean.
Often appears as...
- trigger a tsunami
- tsunami warning
noun
An overwhelming number or amount of something.
The company experienced a tsunami of orders after their product was featured on a popular TV show.
Often appears as...
- tsunami of orders
- tsunami of emails
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Disaster
Used to describe a natural catastrophe involving a large wave, typically after an earthquake.
Rescue teams were deployed after the tsunami devastated coastal towns.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Event
Often implies suddenness and unpredictability, like the wave itself.
The news of his resignation hit the office like a tsunami.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Can convey the powerful emotional effects of a catastrophe.
Survivors described their feelings as a tsunami of shock and grief.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Disaster
Used to describe a natural catastrophe involving a large wave, typically after an earthquake.
Rescue teams were deployed after the tsunami devastated coastal towns.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Event
Often implies suddenness and unpredictability, like the wave itself.
The news of his resignation hit the office like a tsunami.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Can convey the powerful emotional effects of a catastrophe.
Survivors described their feelings as a tsunami of shock and grief.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Disaster
Used to describe a natural catastrophe involving a large wave, typically after an earthquake.
Rescue teams were deployed after the tsunami devastated coastal towns.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Event
Often implies suddenness and unpredictability, like the wave itself.
The news of his resignation hit the office like a tsunami.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Can convey the powerful emotional effects of a catastrophe.
Survivors described their feelings as a tsunami of shock and grief.
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Alejandro Aravena: My...
or we go even further in asking, what else is bothering you? What other problems do you have and you want us to take care of now that the city will have to be rethought from scratch? And what they said was, look, fine to protect the city against future tsunamis,
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A funny look at the...
predictors were correct these three girls are talking to one another with without the awkward discomfort of eye contact I call that advancement we were supposed to be caught up in a communication tsunami the likes of which the world has
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Tsunamis 101 PIPE National...
volcanic eruptions landslides meteorites or the most common culprit earthquakes in the deep ocean a typical tsunami wave is barely noticeable and poses little threat but the waves can spread out thousands of miles rolling across the
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Tsunami 101 PIPE National...
enter shallow waters friction with the ocean floor lowers the wave speed and raises their height until it landfall they can engulf story unlike ordinary waves a tsunami wave doesn't crest and break instead it
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Rare Video: Japan...
technology left an enormous amount of visual evidence for studying years to come and can perhaps help us better understand the power of earthquakes and tsunamis and prevent loss of life in the future
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The world's English...
English a tsunami washing away other languages not likely English is the world's second language your native language is your life but with English you can become part of a wider
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Alison Wright: Portraits...
empathy and compassion even more so in my work so with this idea I mean I've done a lot of this as you seen humanitarian work in the past but this was covering the tsunami right
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Killer Tsunamis PIPE...
unlike ordinary waves a tsunami wave doesn't crest and break instead it advances like a wall of water that crashes over the coastline and everything in its way reaching even as
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Rare Video: Japan...
come and can perhaps help us better understand the power of earthquakes and tsunamis and prevent loss of life in the future
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The Day the Dinosaurs...
winds higher than 600 miles an hour the colossal earthquake followed by a ring of massive tsunamis
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Alejandro Aravena: My...
or we go even further in asking, what else is bothering you? What other problems do you have and you want us to take care of now that the city will have to be rethought from scratch? And what they said was, look, fine to protect the city against future tsunamis,
Video examples
A funny look at the...
predictors were correct these three girls are talking to one another with without the awkward discomfort of eye contact I call that advancement we were supposed to be caught up in a communication tsunami the likes of which the world has
Video examples
Tsunamis 101 PIPE National...
volcanic eruptions landslides meteorites or the most common culprit earthquakes in the deep ocean a typical tsunami wave is barely noticeable and poses little threat but the waves can spread out thousands of miles rolling across the
Video examples
Tsunami 101 PIPE National...
enter shallow waters friction with the ocean floor lowers the wave speed and raises their height until it landfall they can engulf story unlike ordinary waves a tsunami wave doesn't crest and break instead it
Video examples
Rare Video: Japan...
technology left an enormous amount of visual evidence for studying years to come and can perhaps help us better understand the power of earthquakes and tsunamis and prevent loss of life in the future
Video examples
The world's English...
English a tsunami washing away other languages not likely English is the world's second language your native language is your life but with English you can become part of a wider
Video examples
Alison Wright: Portraits...
empathy and compassion even more so in my work so with this idea I mean I've done a lot of this as you seen humanitarian work in the past but this was covering the tsunami right
Video examples
Killer Tsunamis PIPE...
unlike ordinary waves a tsunami wave doesn't crest and break instead it advances like a wall of water that crashes over the coastline and everything in its way reaching even as
Video examples
Rare Video: Japan...
come and can perhaps help us better understand the power of earthquakes and tsunamis and prevent loss of life in the future
Video examples
The Day the Dinosaurs...
winds higher than 600 miles an hour the colossal earthquake followed by a ring of massive tsunamis
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Quote examples
Paul Ryan
American Politician
What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. That's exactly what I should be doing.
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John Terry
English Athlete
Some of the money from the senior players goes to helping out the younger kids. It is from the players' pool, the fines for being late and so on. Some will go to something like the tsunami appeal and some to helping out young players.
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Nell Scovell
American Journalist
I'm a little sad that they actually came up with the metaphor of waves for feminism. By definition, a wave goes in, and it comes out. I would really like it to be a tsunami that creates a flood that forever changes the landscape.
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Kevin Rollins
American Businessman
We think we have a responsibility. And I think it's important for all of us in the Western world to realize that we've all been blessed a lot and if you go to these parts they don't have a lot, even before the tsunami.
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Martin Luther King III
American Activist
Whether it is a tsunami, or whether it is a hurricane, whether it's an earthquake - when we see these great fatal and natural acts, men and women of every ethnic persuasion come together and they just want to help.
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Barkha Dutt
Indian Journalist
The army's original job description was to protect borders, but a demanding country depends on it for everything else too, from rebuilding bridges after a tsunami to keeping the peace when religious riots erupt.
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Al Roker
American Entertainer
A massive state and federal effort, the likes of which we've never seen is going to be needed. We can do it for tsunami victims half a world away. We can do it for our own citizens.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis.
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Richard Reeves
American Writer
It is perfectly obvious that no one nor any single country can save the world from the horrors of tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and winged influenza.
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Anne M. Mulcahy
American Businesswoman
Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.
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Paul Ryan
American Politician
What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. That's exactly what I should be doing.
Quote examples
John Terry
English Athlete
Some of the money from the senior players goes to helping out the younger kids. It is from the players' pool, the fines for being late and so on. Some will go to something like the tsunami appeal and some to helping out young players.
Quote examples
Nell Scovell
American Journalist
I'm a little sad that they actually came up with the metaphor of waves for feminism. By definition, a wave goes in, and it comes out. I would really like it to be a tsunami that creates a flood that forever changes the landscape.
Quote examples
Kevin Rollins
American Businessman
We think we have a responsibility. And I think it's important for all of us in the Western world to realize that we've all been blessed a lot and if you go to these parts they don't have a lot, even before the tsunami.
Quote examples
Martin Luther King III
American Activist
Whether it is a tsunami, or whether it is a hurricane, whether it's an earthquake - when we see these great fatal and natural acts, men and women of every ethnic persuasion come together and they just want to help.
Quote examples
Barkha Dutt
Indian Journalist
The army's original job description was to protect borders, but a demanding country depends on it for everything else too, from rebuilding bridges after a tsunami to keeping the peace when religious riots erupt.
Quote examples
Al Roker
American Entertainer
A massive state and federal effort, the likes of which we've never seen is going to be needed. We can do it for tsunami victims half a world away. We can do it for our own citizens.
Quote examples
Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis.
Quote examples
Richard Reeves
American Writer
It is perfectly obvious that no one nor any single country can save the world from the horrors of tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and winged influenza.
Quote examples
Anne M. Mulcahy
American Businesswoman
Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.
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