tsunami

noun

tsu·na·mi (t)su̇-ˈnä-mē

plural tsunamis also tsunami

Synonyms of tsunami next

: a great sea wave produced especially by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption : tidal wave

tsunamic

(t)su̇-ˈnä-mik

adjective

Examples of tsunami in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There still may not be enough younger buyers who can afford to purchase a home when the silver tsunami starts. —

Bysydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023 Godzilla’s appearance on Japanese shores evokes the 2011 Fukushima tsunami, and its beam of atomic fire vomits out like an industrial accident; the mauling of Tokyo becomes a slow-rolling disaster of infrastructure and mass death. —

Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2023 But the ensuing tsunami of spandex proved to be too much of a good thing, and the demands of churning out so much programming taxed the Marvel apparatus. —

Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023 That simulation also showed a wave crest reaching the coast first, contradicting historical accounts that the water first receded at that point before the tsunami rushed in. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023 In some respects, the current tsunami of investment in generative AI seems surprising. —

James Manyika and Michael Spence, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023 While previous peace efforts had failed, the overwhelming impetus for a settlement came finally from an unlikely quarter when the tsunami of December 2004 devastated Aceh province, killing 170,000 people, making 500,000 homeless and prompting the combatants to return to negotiations. —

Alan Cowell, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023 Tokyo recently allocated 6 trillion yen ($41 billion) over 10 years for a detailed disaster preparedness Tokyo Resilience Project, which incorporates lessons learned after the 2011 tsunami. —

Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2023 The team is in Japan to inspect the collection and processing of seawater, sediment and fish samples from the area of the plant, which was damaged by a major earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 that knocked out its cooling systems and caused three reactors to melt. —

Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023 See More

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