tidal wave
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon
a tidal wave of nausea
Types & categories
- manifestation hypernym
Sense 2 noun
an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
Types & categories
- wave hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | manifestation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tragedy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wave |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | wave |