avalanched

verb

past tense of avalanche
as in fell
to fall down in a large mass The snow avalanched down the mountainside.

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Recent Examples of avalanched Celebrities have avalanched their way back to America’s most famous ski area, swathed in their fuzzy coats and après ski chic looks. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avalanched
  1. fell
  2. tumbled
  3. skidded
  4. crashed
  5. slid
  6. flowed
  7. plunged
Verb
  • Extramarital affairs and relationships that were not disclosed to board members have felled CEOs at companies as prominent as Boeing and McDonald’s in the past.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Collins faces Democrat Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate leader who stepped in to the race after scandals felled nominee Graham Platner in July.
    — Justin Papp,Caleigh Keating,Garrett Downs,Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of fell
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  • Microchip Technology – The semiconductor manufacturer tumbled 14% on the back of largely disappointing guidance for the current quarter.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • South Korea’s Kospi index tumbled more than 8%, triggering a temporary market-wide trading halt.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of tumbled
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  • Typically, accidents happen around takeoff or landing, according to Gorwitz, such as the Amazon cargo plane that skidded of the end of the runway in September at Miami International Airport, killing five people.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • His private plane skidded off the runway and into a fence due to a takeoff blunder.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of skidded
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  • The suspect later crashed on Dixon Farm Road and was hospitalized with serious injuries, the sheriff’s office says.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2026
  • But that plane would never arrive, having crashed in New York just after takeoff.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of crashed
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  • Coherent stock also slid roughly 4%, and Lumentum stock fell 5%.
    — Kif Leswing,Annie Palmer,Kevin Breuninger,Samantha Subin,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Florida doubled its lead just more than two minutes later when Carter Verhaeghe gathered a loose puck and slid a slick pass through the legs of Provorov to a trailing Eller, who buried the puck in the back of the net.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of slid
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  • The discovery of certain minerals, for example, can show that water flowed on Mars long ago, pointing to potentially habitable conditions.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Historic amounts of money have flowed into this year's midterm elections.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of flowed
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  • Oil prices plunged over the past week, sinking by $25 to their lowest point in three months and briefly falling below $90 a barrel Tuesday.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The drop in pump prices came after oil futures plunged 13% last week.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of plunged

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