How to pronounce “tidal wave”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide.
• (proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)
• (proscribed) A large, sudden inundation of water from the storm surge, or waves of that surge; a sudden surge of river water.
• (figuratively) A sudden and powerful surge.
• (archaic) A crest of ocean water; a wave.
• (oceanography) A crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces.

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