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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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