Usually means: Large ocean waves caused by disturbances.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. tsunami: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tsunami: Merriam-Webster
  3. tsunami, tsunami: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tsunami: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tsunami: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tsunami: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tsunami, tsunami: Wordnik
  8. tsunami: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tsunami: Wiktionary
  10. tsunami: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tsunami: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tsunami: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tsunami: Dictionary.com
  14. tsunami: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Tsunami (California band), Tsunami (DC Comics), Tsunami (DVBBS and Borgeous song), Tsunami (Dvbbs and Borgeous song), Tsunami (Manic Street Preachers song), Tsunami (Marvel Comics), Tsunami (Southern All Stars song), Tsunami (album), Tsunami (band), Tsunami (comics), Tsunami (disambiguation), Tsunami (film), Tsunami (rock band), Tsunami (roller coaster), Tsunami: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. tsunami: Rhymezone
  17. tsunami: FreeDictionary.org
  18. tsunami: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. tsunami: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tsunami: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. tsunami: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tsunami: Netlingo
  2. tsunami: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tsunami: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. TSUNAMI: Acronym Finder
  3. tsunami: A Word A Day
  4. tsunami: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tsunami: Glossary of Earthquake and Related Terminology
  2. Earthquake Image Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. Tsunami Terminology (No longer online)
  5. Weather Glossary (No longer online)
  6. TSUNAMI: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The tsunami, tsunami: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See tsunamic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).
noun:  (figurative) A large and generally unstoppable surge.

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