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a potentially large, destructive ocean wave caused by a disruption such as an earthquake or volcanic eruption

A colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes.

A tsunami warning system helps to protect Hawaii.
A tsunami of regurgitated rations flooded over Grub's blackout suit.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
I think of Bryn, out in L.A., unaware of an earthquake going down here in New York that's sending a tsunami her way.
Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
Live near a coast and she will send tsunamis to erase centuries of work.
Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
Dad needed time to recover from Tsunami Trish.
Laurie Halse Anderson -- The Impossible Knife of Memory
Risa looks out at the wave of mayhem, like a human tsunami pounding toward her.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
5 on the Richter scale would be a/an: Tornado Hurricane Earthquake Tsunami.
Sharon M. Draper -- Out of My Mind
Jean and George had witnessed the whole sequence of events when the tsunami hit the island.
Arthur C. Clarke -- Childhood's End
The head of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, called it a "slow-motion tsunami."
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
He had on jeans and no shirt, which, frankly, was almost as distracting as the mega-tsunami.
Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
The initial meteor showers, quakes, and tsunamis only caused part of the damage.
Susan Ee -- Angelfall
He got up under No. 30 and for the next few seconds the nose tackle looked like a man riding a tsunami: arms flailing madly, legs kicking wildly.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
Later reports on shock wave from seismic labs and on tsunamis from oceanographic stations were consistent.
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
She died in childbirth shortly after the green tsunami carried away Mudflat City.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
The media-at first a wave as unwelcome as a tsunami-became something ordinary on the streets of Sterling.
Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
If one of those quakes happens along one of the fault lines that ring every continent, the shock wave produces a superwave called a tsunami.
Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave
Only it wasn't a steamroller this time, more like a tsunami.
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl -- Beautiful Creatures
Earthquakes and tsunamis had obliterated the coasts.
Rick Yancey -- The Infinite Sea
And you, Sarah Jacobi"—he pointed to a woman with white robes and spiky black hair—"you were sent to Antarctica for causing the tsunami in the Indian Ocean."
Rick Riordan -- The Throne of Fire

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