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synonyms for tidal wave

  • tsunami
  • eagre
  • giant sea swell
  • giant wave
  • rogue wave
  • seiche
  • seismic sea wave
  • surface wave
  • tidal bore
  • white horses
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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tidal wave, such as: tsunami, eagre, giant sea swell, giant wave, rogue wave, and seiche.

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How to use tidal wave in a sentence

A tidal wave rolls landward, and twenty thousand human beings are drowned, or crushed to death.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
Each time the tidal wave sweeps in toward the shore it urges the finer particles of sediment along with it.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER
The mighty conflict of ideas had swept round the globe like a tidal wave of the ocean.
THE BOYS OF '61CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN.
"It must be the tidal wave that Phyllis spoke about," thought Patty.
THE NICEST GIRL IN THE SCHOOLANGELA BRAZIL
The huge tidal wave that swept McKenzie and his men to their graves in the chilly depths of the Atlantic did more than that.
THE VIKING BLOODFREDERICK WILLIAM WALLACE
And then a tidal wave met the ship and swept off the purser, the cabin, and the Whistlers.
THE LIFE OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLERELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL
It had struck like a tidal wave dozens of feet high in an inland body of water.
OPERATION TERRORWILLIAM FITZGERALD JENKINS
We gave them a feeling of hope and profit; we sent a tidal wave of water and confidence into their stranded affairs.
TONO BUNGAYH. G. WELLS
Their country is a devastated waste, tenanted by the enemy, who spread like a tidal wave of destruction in all directions.
THE NEW YORK TIMES CURRENT HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN WAR, VOL 1, ISSUE 4, JANUARY 23, 1915VARIOUS
Just suppose we had gone there on our wedding trip, Mr. Bill and I, and we had been swept away by a tidal wave!
THE AMAZING INHERITANCEFRANCES R. STERRETT
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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