A very large and destructivewave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as anunderseaearthquake or volcanic eruption; often aseries of waves (awave train).
Atsunami struck Japan recently.
2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, inThe New York Times[1]:
A wave simulator in the tank can re-enacttsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.
(figurative) A large and generally unstoppable surge.
2009, John Bernard Kelly,An Accidental Atheist: A Memoir, Aquinine books,→ISBN, page306:
It seemed that what started out as a handful of isolated cases gradually turned into atsunami of complaints.
2009, Marc Eliot,American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Crown Archetype,→ISBN, page86:
It set off atsunami of debate among the more esoteric critics, who either loved it or hated it but could not ignore it.
2012, Demetra M. Pappas,The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate, ABC-CLIO,→ISBN, page60:
The next decade would culminate in atsunami of legislation, civil litigation, and criminal prosecutions in which assisted suicide was both criminalized (as in Michigan) and decriminalized (as in Oregon).
2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, inRail, page 4:
The editor paid a heavy price - he was subsequently compelled to offer a grovelling and humiliating personal apology, following atsunami of protest.
2025 June 21,Jo Ellison, “The Bezos merger we all want a piece of”, inFT Weekend, Life & Arts, page22:
Sadly, [Anna] Wintour did not control the weather, which was disappointingly inclement. But, no matter, because the event was awash with a “tsunami of love”.
“tsunami”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved3 July 2023
(oceanography)tsunami(very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train))
2001 [1999], Marco Cisternas V., transl., compiled byBrian F. Atwateret al.,Sobreviviendo a un tsunami: lecciones de Chile, Hawai y Japón (U.S. Geological Survey Circular;1218), translation ofSurviving a Tsunami—Lessons From Chile, Hawaii, and Japan (in English),→ISBN,page 8:
Durante eltsunami chileno de 1960, refugiarse en lugares altos y esperar allí salvó muchas vidas, no sólo en Chile, sino también en Onagawa, Japón[…]. En este poblado, las destructivas olas[…]alcanzaron alturas de hasta 4 metros.
[original:Going to high ground and staying there helped save lives during the 1960 Chileantsunami, not only in Chile but also in Onagawa, Japan[…]. Damaging waves in Onagawa[…]reached heights of 14 feet.]
Althoughmaremoto andtsunami are sometimes used assynonyms,maremoto refers to the agitation of seawater due to an underwater earthquake (aseaquake) andtsunami refers to the great waves caused by said phenomenon.[1]
Bothtsunami andsunami are considered correct spellings by theRoyal Spanish Academy, buttsunami is preferred and far more common.[1]
atsunami; a very large and destructivewave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as anunderseaearthquake or volcanic eruption
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