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What does avalanche mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word avalanche? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
  2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
  3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
  4. Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
  2. (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
  3. (transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.
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