tsunamis
- 1Plural of tsunami.
Several devastating tsunamis have struck the Pacific Rim over the past century.
Coastal warning systems are designed to detect tsunamis before they reach land.
Note
A regular -s plural that counts events rather than waves. A single tsunami is often a train of several waves, so three tsunamis means three separate disasters, not three crests. The plural also carries the figurative sense of a large, unstoppable surge, and there it often takes 'of': tsunamis of email, tsunamis of cheap imports.
Every product launch brings fresh tsunamis of email from frustrated customers.
Local factories could not survive successive tsunamis of cheap imports.
tsunamis is a form of tsunami
tsunami, noun: A very large, destructive wave (often a series of waves) usually caused by a major disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption. Full entry
- Forms
- tsunami also pluraltsunamis plural
- Spelling
- tsunami → tsunamis: add -s
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