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plural tsunami or tsunamis
A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption. Tsunami are usually a series of waves, or wave train. examples
(figurative) A large and generally unstoppable surge. quotations examples
It seemed that what started out as a handful of isolated cases gradually turned into a tsunami of complaints.
2009, John Bernard Kelly, An Accidental Atheist: A Memoir, Aquinine books, page 306
It set off a tsunami of debate among the more esoteric critics, who either loved it or hated it but could not ignore it.
2009, Marc Eliot, American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Crown Archetype, page 86
The next decade would culminate in a tsunami of legislation, civil litigation, and criminal prosecutions in which assisted suicide was both criminalized (as in Michigan) and decriminalized (as in Oregon).
2012, Demetra M. Pappas, The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate, ABC-CLIO, page 60
The editor paid a heavy price - he was subsequently compelled to offer a grovelling and humiliating personal apology, following a tsunami of protest.
2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4