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tidal wave
Word definitions for tidal wave in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide. 2 (context proscribed English) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See #Usage notes below.) 3 (context figuratively English) A sudden ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tidal wave may refer to: A tidal bore , which is a large movement of water formed by the funnelling of the incoming tide into a river or narrow bay A storm surge , or tidal surge, which can cause waves that breach flood defences A tsunami , a series of ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tidal wave \Tid"al wave\, n. an unusually high wave from the sea, sometimes reaching far inland and causing great destruction, and usually caused by some event, such as an earthquake, far from the shore. In Japan, such a wave is called a tsunami . [fig.] ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake) [syn: tsunami ]
Usage examples of tidal wave.
A tidal wave of agony consumed Pitt, but sheer wrath kept him on his feet.
That enraged a few loudmouths in the growing crowd, and they all pressed forward like a swelling tidal wave.
And all the while she poured out her rage at this man, she drowned him in her hatred and her grief and her determination to destroy him, emotions she had been desperately holding in check up until now so that he wouldn't catch on to what she was really doing, but now that the act was done they poured out of her like a tidal wave.
The ground erupted toward Damien, a wall of dirt and shattered stone that hit him like a tidal wave.
The Englishman claimed that he had served under the English sea dog, Francis Drake, who placed him in command of a Spanish treasure galleon that was swept into a jungle by an immense tidal wave.
A Spanish galleon was thrown into a coastal jungle by an immense tidal wave.
The wind suddenly swept in from the interior of the continent with the force of a tidal wave.
A tidal wave, he explained, can pass beneath a ship in the open ocean with a barely noticeable rise and fall.