avalanching
Mountain snow collapse
Avalanching is the present participle of avalanche, used as a verb to describe snow, ice, or debris sliding rapidly down a mountainside.
The term extends to any cascading or overwhelming rush: Orders came avalanching in after the product launch.
In technical contexts, particularly electronics and physics, avalanching describes a chain-reaction process where one event triggers many others in rapid succession, as when electrons multiply exponentially in certain semiconductor conditions.
Accumulated mountain winter layers
- slabThick flat piece
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
- powderFine dry particles
- debrisScattered broken fragments
runout · chute · gully · slope · fracture · trigger · burial · beacon
Severe overflow of water
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
inundation · overwhelming · swamped · buried · engulfed · bombarded · overrun · besieged
Increasing by rapid accumulation
- cascadingFalling in stages
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- accelerationRate velocity changes
amplification · intensification · proliferation · cumulative · compounding · chain reaction · domino effect · runaway
Placing deceased underground
- fatalityDeath from accident
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- rescueSave from harm
recovery · warning · evacuation · airbag · survival · suffocation · trauma · search
snowpack
Accumulated mountain winter layers
debris · runout · chute · gully · slope · fracture · trigger · burial · beacon · probe
deluge
Severe overflow of water
onslaught · inundation · overwhelming · swamped · buried · engulfed · bombarded · overrun · besieged · swallowed
snowballing
Increasing by rapid accumulation
- cascadingFalling in stages
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
acceleration · amplification · intensification · proliferation · cumulative · compounding · chain reaction · domino effect · runaway · buildup
burial
Placing deceased underground
- fatalityDeath from accident
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- emergencySerious sudden danger
rescue · recovery · warning · evacuation · airbag · survival · suffocation · trauma · search · victim
- overwhelming verbsflooding, drowning, crushing, smothering, swamping
avalanchingstationary
Not in motion
static · motionless · still · halting · creeping
avalanchingaccumulating
Gathering in increasing quantity
building up · amassing · gathering · collecting · stockpiling
avalanchingdrifting
Moving without purpose
fluttering · dusting · sprinkling · floating · wafting