Definitions for tsunamis

tsunamis tsu·na·mi

Spelling: [tsoo-nah-mee]
IPA: /tsʊˈnɑ mi/

Tsunamis is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 318 anagrams from letters in tsunamis (aimnsstu).

Definitions for tsunamis

noun

  1. an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.

Origin of tsunamis

1905-10; Japanese, equivalent to tsu harbor (earlier tu) + nami wave

Examples for tsunamis

And even with the tsunami of fame crashing down, it only hardly fazes them.

More than 70,000 people died from water-borne diseases after the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, Compas-Markman explained.

Things picked up again when the 2011 tsunami hit Tōhoku, Japan.

Typically, celebrities have stayed out of the Middle East conflict, knowing full well the tsunami of emotions it carries.

Even the tsunami—there are people there who believe their loved ones may be alive somewhere.

His first trip was just four weeks after the tsunami to observe the devastation.

Tempest, hurricane, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, or Big Bang?

And now, a massive magnitude 8.2 off the coast of Chile that even generated a tsunami.

But after the devastation of the 2011 tsunami, he decided to revisit the idea.

When it came to shooting the famous parting of the Red Sea, Ridley Scott elected to show a tsunami splitting the waters.

Word Value for tsunamis
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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