Avalanche and Explosion

Avalanche

Avalanche noun - A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain.

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Explosion and avalanche are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explosion" instead a noun "Avalanche".

Explosion noun - The act or an instance of exploding.

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Avalanche and explosion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avalanche" instead a noun "Explosion".

small	small avalanche	small explosion
actual	actual avalanche	actual explosion
massive	massive avalanche	massive explosion
big	big avalanche	big explosion
Other adjectives: huge, little, catastrophic, fatal, impending, giant, sudden, ensuing, devastating.

It turns out that Otto, one of the people you meet in the game, caused the avalanche via explosion.

Source: Snow Means Death
Otto: A man who's had an...obsession with fire who would trigger a humongous explosion that not only created the avalanche but killing him with it.

Source: Tomato in the Mirror
Improbable Cover When a character leaps behind something to escape an explosion, ducks to avoid a rolling wall of flame, or closes a door on an avalanche.

Source: Action/Adventure Tropes

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