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avalanche
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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av·a·lanche
/ ˈavəˌlanch/
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n.
a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.
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a large mass of any material moving rapidly downhill:
an avalanche of mud.
∎ fig.
a sudden arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities:
we have had an avalanche of applications.
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Physics
a cumulative process in which a fast-moving ion or electron generates further ions and electrons by collision.
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v. [intr.]
(of a mass of snow, ice, and rocks) descend rapidly down a mountainside.
∎ [tr.] (usu. be avalanched)
engulf or carry off by such a mass of material:
the climbers were avalanched down the south face of the mountain.
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[intr.] Physics
undergo a rapid increase in conductivity due to an avalanche process.
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Avalanches on slopes claiming more victims.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/24/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...slow potential avalanches. "It's a combination of avalanche ignorance and...misconceptions about avalanches, he said...misconception is that an avalanche is just a bunch...percent of all avalanche accidents, the avalanches are triggered...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Avalanche season: Stay informed of the risks
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...being caught in an avalanche is learning all they can about avalanches. There are five levels of avalanche danger -- low...danger is to avoid avalanche terrain -- especially...touring. Signs of avalanches on slopes that appear...
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Avalanche awareness
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/8/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...chance to prevent avalanches and keep our guests...and instructor in avalanche safety and preparedness...were killed in an avalanche in Cache County...Numerous other avalanches have been less...ve seen more avalanches than usual, it...use aggressive avalanche control measures...
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Avalanche dangers: myths and realities
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/31/2008; 548 words
; ...are some myths about avalanches from the Utah Avalanche Center: Myth: Loud noises trigger avalanches Reality: Although...mountain. Reality: Avalanche professionals call...sluffs." Loose snow avalanches account for only a...
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Avalanche!
Magazine article from: Rocky Mountain Construction; 9/13/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Director, Colorado, Avalanche Information Center...snowslides in the Rockies Avalanches are common occurrences...triggered an intense avalanche cycle with about 760 avalanches reported (and in...estimated that for every avalanche seen or discovered...
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Utah Avalanche Center Partners With Backcountry.com to Develop First Avalanche Education Program for Young Adults in Utah; Following a Winter That Saw Three Youth Avalanche Fatalities in Utah, 'Know Before You Go' to Deliver Fundamental Backcountry Knowledge to Area Schools.
PR Newswire; 9/30/2004; 700+ words
; ...avalanches, people triggering avalanches and the destructive power of avalanches; a local avalanche professional telling stories...in Utah need to learn about avalanches. The rising numbers of young avalanche victims have demonstrated...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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AVALANCHE'S ADDITION HAS THIS TEAM IN HUNT.(Sports)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 3/25/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Writer I know why I had to see the Avalanche on Wednesday night, and let's just...This is, at long last, the team the Avalanche will take into the playoffs. It's the post-trading-deadline Avalanche. The post-post-12-game-winning...
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Avalanche researcher.(Career of the Month: Science in the workplace: based on Interviews)
Magazine article from: The Science Teacher; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...to dangerous avalanche conditions, how avalanches release (including...know more about avalanches to increase the safety of avalanche researchers...snowmobile) and avalanche-safety knowledge...interested in avalanches should participate...
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Avalanches -- Don't Count on Beacons to Save You -- Getting fully or partially buried usually makes the difference
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 1/10/2002; 700+ words
; ...people trapped beneath avalanches don't have long to...in an Alaska Range avalanche near Cantwell. He...trapped beneath an avalanche is amazingly short...buried and survived the avalanche incident is about 11...the people caught in avalanches in Switzerland end...
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Avalanche -- Snowballing Into Danger -- As more people hit the backcountry, avalanche facilities are on the rise
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 2/6/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...minutes by a 1998 avalanche in central Oregon. Or avalanches might bring...buried by an avalanche while backcountry...leveled by avalanches less than two...in U.S. avalanches in 2001-2002...all U.S. avalanche fatalities...
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avalanches
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...here upon snow avalanches, which are popularly...term ‘avalanche’ and...and the 1995 avalanche in Flateyri, Iceland...fatalities. Snow avalanches are commonly classified...particular the dry slab avalanche, that is of primary...the importance of avalanches as a natural ...
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Avalanche
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...referred to simply as avalanches, are classified...layers (surface avalanche) or the ground...complicated for avalanches than most landslides...snow and ice in an avalanche prone slope are...deliberately trigger avalanches under controlled...aftermath of an avalanche is an ...
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avalanche
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
avalanche rapidly descending...force of gravity. Avalanches, which are natural...as a debris or snow avalanche. Speeds can reach...Destruction from avalanches results both from the avalanche wind (the air pushed...
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avalanche wind
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
avalanche wind A blast of often very destructive air ahead of a descending avalanche.
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Catastrophic Mass Movements
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...downhill as a rock avalanche , which is a common...movement . Other rock avalanches buried the towns...necessary for rock avalanches larger than 106...function of the avalanche volume. A typical...behavior of rock avalanches without requiring...through a rock avalanche as it moves ...
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