tsunami
Noun
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A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption (synset 107363899)
"a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"is a type of:
- calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
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