avalanche

4 definitions • 2 examples

a large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain

too many things that arrive or happen at the same time:

We were swamped by an avalanche of letters/phone calls/complaints.

a large amount of ice, snow, dirt, or rock falling suddenly and quickly down the side of a mountain

fig. An avalanche is also the sudden arrival of too many things:

We received an avalanche of complaints.