noun
1 large amount of snow falling
VERB + AVALANCHE
▪ trigger
AVALANCHE + VERB
▪ happen
▪ wipe out sth/sb
▪ kill sb
▪
They were killed by an ~ in the Swiss Alps.
PREPOSITION
▪ in an/the ~
▪
They died in an ~.
2 large number/amount of sth
VERB + AVALANCHE
▪ be buried under
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
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We've been almost buried under the ~ of letters.