Tsunami

//(t)suːˈnɑːmi//

"Tsunami" in a Sentence (17 examples)

The coast was warned against a tsunami.

There was an earthquake and, in addition, there was a tsunami.

War is not a natural disaster like an earthquake or a tsunami. It does not come without warning.

An earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, hits Japan and causes a massive tsunami.

It is expected that the tsunami surge will be ten meters or less.

There's going to be a tsunami!

A tsunami is coming, so please be on the alert.

Due to the catastrophe caused by the huge tsunami, damage was sustained by the nuclear reactor as well as explosions at the nuclear power plant.

During the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, the height of the tsunami waves reached up to 37.9 meters.

During the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, the height of the tsunami waves reached up to 37.9 meters.

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A tsunami struck Japan recently.

A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.

It seemed that what started out as a handful of isolated cases gradually turned into a tsunami of complaints.

It set off a tsunami of debate among the more esoteric critics, who either loved it or hated it but could not ignore it.

The next decade would culminate in a tsunami of legislation, civil litigation, and criminal prosecutions in which assisted suicide was both criminalized (as in Michigan) and decriminalized (as in Oregon).

The editor paid a heavy price - he was subsequently compelled to offer a grovelling and humiliating personal apology, following a tsunami of protest.

Sadly, [Anna] Wintour did not control the weather, which was disappointingly inclement. But, no matter, because the event was awash with a “tsunami of love”.

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