tsunami has definitions from the field of meteorology
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[ noun ] (meteorology) a huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake)

Synonyms

tidal_wave

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

A tsunami may be started by a sea_bottom slide , an earthquake or a volcanic_eruption .

Whether or not Plato 's tale of the lost continent of Atlantis is true , skeptics concede that the myth may have some foundation in a great tsunami of ancient times .

Indeed , a tremendously destructive tsunami that arose in the Arabian_Sea in 1945 has even revived the interest of geologists and archaeologists in the Biblical story of the Flood .

One of the most damaging tsunami on record followed the famous Lisbon earthquake of November 1 , 1755 ; its waves persisted for a week and were felt as far_away as the English coast .

Tsunami are rare , however , in the Atlantic_Ocean ; they are far more common in the Pacific .

Related terms

wave

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