tsunami
noun
tsu·na·mi
(t)su̇-ˈnä-mē 
plural tsunamis also tsunami
: a great sea wave produced especially by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption : tidal wave
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Over the past two decades, those features have lured tourists back to the country after a devastating tsunami, bouts of deadly air pollution, violent street protests, and even military coups temporarily turned them away.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 17 June 2024
In March, 2011, just before elver season started in Maine, a tsunami in Japan decimated aquaculture ponds, driving the price of American glass eels from about two hundred dollars per pound to nearly nine hundred by the season’s closing day.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Quiz time Which part of the United States is at the highest risk for a devastating tsunami?
—Daniel Wine, CNN, 17 June 2024
Right now the best advice for tsunami avoidance on a ship is to either run the ship aground and hope for the best, or head for deeper ocean and hope for the best.
—Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 17 June 2024
In March, 2011, just before elver season started in Maine, a tsunami in Japan decimated aquaculture ponds, driving the price of American glass eels from about two hundred dollars per pound to nearly nine hundred by the season’s closing day.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Quiz time Which part of the United States is at the highest risk for a devastating tsunami?
—Daniel Wine, CNN, 17 June 2024
Right now the best advice for tsunami avoidance on a ship is to either run the ship aground and hope for the best, or head for deeper ocean and hope for the best.
—Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
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tsunami
noun
tsu·na·mi
(t)su̇-ˈnäm-ē
: a great sea wave produced especially by an earthquake or volcanic eruption under the sea : tidal wave
Etymology
Japanese, from tsu "harbor" + nami "wave"
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