tsunami
A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).
Example
“A tsunami struck Japan recently.”
Other meanings
A large and generally unstoppable surge.
Synonyms
- seismic sea wave
Related words
- flunami
- palaeotsunami
- paleotsunami
- fog tsunami
- ice tsunami
- megatsunami
- meteotsunami
- orphaned tsunami
- poonami
- silver tsunami
- teletsunami
- tsunameter
Example sentences
Word history
From Japanese "津波".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tsunami” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.