A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. / A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

(intransitive) To descend like an avalanche. / (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm. / (transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.

plural of avalanche

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avalanche

simple past tense and past participle of avalanche

present participle of avalanche

(cryptography) A property of some cipher systems in which a small change in the input results in a very large change in the output.

Synonym of Townsend discharge

plural of Townsend avalanche

plural of avalanche effect