tidal wave
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
tidal wave (plural tidal waves)
- A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide.
- (proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)
- The last tidal wave here killed twenty and left thousands homeless.
- (proscribed) A large, sudden inundation of water from the storm surge, or waves of that surge.
- (figuratively) A sudden and powerful surge.
- As the doors opened, a tidal wave of people flooded into the room.
- I was overcome by a tidal wave of emotions.
- (archaic) A crest of ocean water; a wave.
- (oceanography) A crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces.
- tidal bore
- tidal surge
- French: raz-de-marée
- Italian: onda di marea, onda anomala
- Portuguese: onda de maré
- Russian: прили́вная волна́
- French: tsunami, raz-de-marée
- German: Flutwelle, Tsunami
- Italian: maremoto, tsunami, onda anomala
- Portuguese: tsunami, maremoto
- Russian: цуна́ми
- Russian: океани́ческая волна́
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