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A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris.

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  1. n. A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris.
  2. n. a sudden and violent collapse
  3. n. flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
  4. n. a sound defeat
  5. A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other débris.
  6. A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waterswhich breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and dispersesblocks of stone and other débris.
  7. n:100 n. a sudden and violent collapse n. flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer