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Topic: OCEANOGRAPHY

tidal wave

 noun
     
tidal wave [countable]
1HEO a very large ocean wave that flows over the land and destroys things
2 a very large amount of a particular kind of feeling or activity happening at one time
tidal wave of
a tidal wave of crime
Voters were swept away on a tidal wave of enthusiasm.
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