English-Italian translations for avalanche

• valanga
  Non c’è stata alcuna valanga di lavoratori. There was no avalanche of workers.
  Le preoccupazioni circa la valanga di manodopera a basso costo si sono rivelate infondate. Concerns about an avalanche of cheap labour have proved unfounded.
  In mancanza di norme multilaterali vi sarà una valanga di accordi bilaterali. In the absence of any multilateral rules, there will be an avalanche of bilateral agreements.
• frana
• lavina
• slavina

Definition of avalanche

• A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice
• A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity; a barrage, blitz, etc
• To descend like an avalanche
• To come down upon; to overwhelm
• To propel downward like an avalanche

Examples

• The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.

Related words

• avalanche dog
• avalanche prone
• roof avalanche
• danger of avalanches
• risk of avalanches