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tidal wave

noun as in giant sea wave

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In "Pamela 1" Louie wades deeper into the gender pool, doubtlessly inviting a tidal wave of backlash.

Tempest, hurricane, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, or Big Bang?

But the public indignation that was slow to rise at first is now coming on like a tidal wave.

In the primaries, Jeb Bush just might be drowned in a tidal wave of tea.

But this tidal wave of systematic brutality has resulted in only 30 convictions.

A tidal wave rolls landward, and twenty thousand human beings are drowned, or crushed to death.

Each time the tidal wave sweeps in toward the shore it urges the finer particles of sediment along with it.

The mighty conflict of ideas had swept round the globe like a tidal wave of the ocean.

"It must be the tidal wave that Phyllis spoke about," thought Patty.

The huge tidal wave that swept McKenzie and his men to their graves in the chilly depths of the Atlantic did more than that.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tidal wave, such as: tsunami, eagre, giant sea swell, giant wave, rogue wave, and seiche.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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