tsunami
noun
tsu·na·mi
(t)su̇-ˈnä-mē 
plural tsunamis also tsunami
: a great sea wave produced especially by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption : tidal wave
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Nearly a year ago, State Farm stopped issuing new insurance policies for homes and businesses in California, accelerating a tsunami of major insurance company departures.
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Nikki Beasley, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
Faced with a depopulation tsunami, politicians might restrict reproductive rights for women to boost birthrates.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
The full effects of this tsunami are just emerging and could have a large impact.
—Nick Boniakowski, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
The president and his aides have been getting a tsunami of public advice from other Democrats, including strategists who worked for Presidents Obama and Clinton, on how to improve his prospects.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Over the past six seasons, Bassett’s Los Angeles Police Department field sergeant Athena Grant has weathered an absolutely staggering number of calamities including, but by no means limited to: a tsunami, a citywide blackout, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, and, yes, a blimp crash.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
Since then, Khan has survived an assassination attempt and weathered a tsunami of over 180 legal challenges.
—TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
Gemini May 21 – June 20 Emotional turbulence in your connections with others may hit you with the force of a tsunami!
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
In March 2011 the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan was damaged by an earthquake and tsunami, causing widespread power outages.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
Nikki Beasley, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
Faced with a depopulation tsunami, politicians might restrict reproductive rights for women to boost birthrates.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
The full effects of this tsunami are just emerging and could have a large impact.
—Nick Boniakowski, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
The president and his aides have been getting a tsunami of public advice from other Democrats, including strategists who worked for Presidents Obama and Clinton, on how to improve his prospects.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Over the past six seasons, Bassett’s Los Angeles Police Department field sergeant Athena Grant has weathered an absolutely staggering number of calamities including, but by no means limited to: a tsunami, a citywide blackout, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, and, yes, a blimp crash.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
Since then, Khan has survived an assassination attempt and weathered a tsunami of over 180 legal challenges.
—TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
Gemini May 21 – June 20 Emotional turbulence in your connections with others may hit you with the force of a tsunami!
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
In March 2011 the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan was damaged by an earthquake and tsunami, causing widespread power outages.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
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tsunami
noun
tsu·na·mi
(t)su̇-ˈnäm-ē
: a great sea wave produced especially by an earthquake or volcanic eruption under the sea : tidal wave
Etymology
Japanese, from tsu "harbor" + nami "wave"
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