tsunami

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At a spot called Dushnaya Bay, where the tsunami was at a relatively low elevation at its greatest distance from shore, the biggest change occurred on the sandy beach, with about 5 cubic meters, or about 177 cubic feet, of sediment eroded per meter of width.

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  1. noun A very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.

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  • And the tsunami issues. —  Alison Jackson looks at celebrity
  • Either God is responsible for the tsunami, or God is not in control. —  Tom Honey on God and the tsunami
  • A wave produced by a meteorite is known as a tsunami. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 04-05 - October-November 2003
  • It also revealed that rather than being a single big wave, the tsunami was an initial big one followed by hours of choppy sloshing. —  AnalogSFF,October2005
  • To being thought of so generously by a colleague in the country devastated by civil war and the tsunami is a sign that the work we do here at responded: —  News Dissector Blog
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  1. Japanese : tsu, port + nami, wave.

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  1. Japanese tsznami.
 

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