avalanched

past tense of avalanche

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for avalanched
Verb
  • This was the club felled by Pete Alonso’s shocking home run last autumn.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • However, the miniature accessories didn’t seem to stop a group of humans from felling and butchering the elephant.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Twenty yards melting into history, Martin tumbled forward and rose grinning, his team’s fake punt gamble striking gold.
    Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Levi Strauss tumbled 7% in premarket trading despite beating Wall Street’s expectations for earnings and guidance.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Upon avoiding vehicles, the Honda skidded sideways between the first lane and the emergency lane, and rolled at least three times, ejecting the driver.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Our truck skidded to a stop outside a 14-story building pockmarked with shell holes.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Motorists who were driving on the freeway as the helicopter crashed left their cars and helped authorities pull the victims from the crash site.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Minott crashed the glass and dished a couple of fast-break assists.
    Jay King, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • QuikTrip dropped 1% to 80 points while Buc-ee’s slid 1%, tying Love’s in fifth place with 79 points.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Penn State abruptly fired James Franklin on Sunday after the Nittany Lions slid from a 3-0 start into a three-game losing streak that included an unexpected 22–21 home loss to Northwestern, leaving the program 3-3 and winless in Big Ten play.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, encouraging words flowed over a deeply meaningful minute.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Thousands more have flowed from the Hamanns to Anderson’s campaign to serve on the Central Committee of the county Republican Party.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Avalanched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avalanched. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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