tsunami
B2UK /tsuːˈnɑːmi/US /tsuːˈnɑːmi/
Meaning
noun
an extremely large wave in the sea caused, for example, by an earthquake
“A tsunami early warning system was set up in Hawaii.”
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“As luck would have it though, as soon as I became CEO we had we had the Great Recession, an earthquake, and tsunami, and a recall that meant I had to testify”
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As luck would have it though, as soon as I became CEO we had we had the Great Recession, an earthquake, and tsunami, and a recall that meant I had to testify
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