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What is a rogue wave?

What is a rogue wave? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical, surfing) An unexpected, dangerously large wave.
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A rogue wave nearly buries the boat off Bermuda, and while touring Montserrat, an active volcano erupts.
In late August, Cindy was churning well out in the mid-Atlantic, but a rogue wave drowned two swimmers off the coast of Nova Scotia.
At a 4:15 a.m., as the merchant mariners were preparing the lifeboats, the ship was struck by a powerful jolt, possibly a rogue wave, capsizing the vessel to the starboard side.
A thorny tangled patch of brambles, a grotesque confusion of growth, twenty feet high, rolled like a rogue wave over the roof.
Not even a rogue wave which suddenly washed over the side, drenching everyone, could dampen spirits for very long.
A rogue wave breaks over the coach-house roof, and the boat shudders in protest.

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