tidal wave in English

noun
1
an exceptionally large ocean wave, especially one caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption (used as a nontechnical term for tsunami ).
Tsunamis, or monster tidal waves generated by volcanic eruptions, leveled Hilo in 1946 and 1961.

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1. The Tidal Wave of Hellenism

2. Many animals were drowned by the tidal wave.

3. Wooden ships and a tidal wave of heroes'blood.

4. The tidal wave dashed the ship against the rocks.

5. By 19 Holocaust remembrance was becoming a national tidal wave.

6. It was more a tidal wave in a punch bowl.

7. Voters were swept away on a tidal wave of enthusiasm.

8. Several villages have been destroyed by a huge tidal wave.

9. The water displaced by the landslides created a tidal wave.

10. Have a tidal wave come up and submerged every living thing.

11. Love washed over him with the force of a tidal wave.

12. She is suddenly engulfed by a tidal wave of self-loathing.

13. Like all ultimates, Nami should max Tidal Wave as soon as possible.

14. A tidal wave of smoke, ash, and dust was hurtling toward us.

15. A speedboat in High Island was overturned by a massive tidal wave.

16. All the pain and anguish inside her rose like a tidal wave.

17. 16 A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage.

18. Speaking through an interpreter, a Japanese fisherman gave his account of the tidal wave.

19. THE STORY OF LAST ISLAND; A LOVELY SOUTHERN Besort DESTSOYED BY A TIDAL WAVE

20. It took part in air operations against the Allied Operation Tidal Wave on 1 August 1943.

21. It was raining, as advertised, at a volume that seemed more appropriate to a tidal wave.

22. And it came into Sierra Leone not as that singular case, but as a tidal wave.

23. He was immediately plucked off and we plunged downwards, drowning in a tidal wave of powder snow.

24. There is a tidal wave of youth crime, and the Government have not begun to answer it.

25. Crowds lined the river banks to watch more than twenty water sport enthusiasts brave the six foot tidal wave.

26. On the legislative, judicial and administrative levels, there has been a tidal wave of movement to restrict inmates' rights.

27. Governments cannot even stop the tidal wave of crime and violence in their own lands, much less bring global peace.

28. Furthermore, in the prewar years, “a great tidal wave of hypernationalism swept over Europe,” says the book Cooperation Under Anarchy.

29. A tidal wave, coming from the depths of the waters, shook those coasts violently while the burial was going on.

30. On the other hand, thirteen percent hardly constituted the tidal wave of popular support that de Gaulle was looking for.

31. The trade union movement was swept along by the same tidal wave of patriotism which affected the country as a whole.

32. 5 The trade union movement was swept along by the same tidal wave of patriotism which affected the country as a whole.

33. Flourish and Blotts You stumble through the door, being pushed in by the tidal wave of people outside. The towering piles of books are astounding

34. Continuous raiding by Alfurese “headhunters” in southwest Ceram, outward migration, and a massive earthquake followed by a tidal wave (1674) further exacerbated the existing demographic problems

35. Amphitrite didn’t want to know and zoomed off on a tidal wave to the Atlas Mountains in Africa, possibly having a small collision with Atlantis on the way

36. Top House Appropriator expects Biden to submit multibillion-dollar funding request for border crisis Anna Giaritelli 1 day ago 'GUILTY!' Across the US, a tidal wave of relief after Chauvin verdict.

37. Winston Marshall, the Banjoist and lead guitarist for the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons, experienced a tidal wave of criticism and hatred for simply complimenting conservative journalist Andy Ngo on his new book