Tsunami is an English word with synonyms like calamity or catastrophe. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tsunami meaning
- A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).
- A large and generally unstoppable surge.
Using Tsunami
- The main meaning on this page is: A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train). | A large and generally unstoppable surge.
- Useful related words include: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy.
- In the example corpus, tsunami often appears in combinations such as: the tsunami, tsunami of, tsunami warning.
Context around Tsunami
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tsunami
- In this selection, "tsunami" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pacific, tinubu, small, warning, threat and waves stand out and add context to how "tsunami" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the pacific tsunami warning center and a high tsunami risk typically. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tsunami" sits close to words such as accusation, beatles and bounds, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tsunami
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Boxing Day tsunami didn't traumatize me as much. (9 words)
It’s going to be a tsunami, like the Tinubu tsunami. (11 words)
A report from Ecuador's Adverse Events Monitoring Directorate ruled out a tsunami threat. (14 words)
A strong earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday and small tsunami waves were possible along its coast as well as in parts of Indonesia and Palau, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. (41 words)
For a group of artistes from T.N., who had witnessed the tsunami in 2004 and the destruction after, a tour of Japan was an opportunity to help the people there who were affected by the tsunami in 2011. (39 words)
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported a 5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred in the summit region of Kīlauea Volcano at approximately 4:30 a.m. No tsunami was generated and there is no tsunami threat to Hawai‘i. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported a 5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred in the summit region of Kīlauea Volcano at approximately 4:30 a.m. No tsunami was generated and there is no tsunami threat to Hawai‘i.
It’s going to be a tsunami, like the Tinubu tsunami.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami was not expected following the Magnitude 4.4 earthquake on the south flank of Kīlauea.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said there was no tsunami threat to Guam, Rota, Tinian, or Saipan after the earthquake struck.
A strong earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday and small tsunami waves were possible along its coast as well as in parts of Indonesia and Palau, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
For a group of artistes from T.N., who had witnessed the tsunami in 2004 and the destruction after, a tour of Japan was an opportunity to help the people there who were affected by the tsunami in 2011.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center assessed the event and issued a statement saying no action was required an there was no tsunami expected.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no tsunami warning was in place after the earthquake.
There was no tsunami generated from the seismic event that released energy equivalent to a 5.4 earthquake, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Tsunami-vulnerable communities were notified by the state emergency operations that there was no tsunami warning, the state emergency management agency said.
Rapid location of earthquakes makes tsunami warnings possible because seismic waves travel considerably faster than tsunami waves.
Regions with a high tsunami risk typically use tsunami warning systems to warn the population before the wave reaches land.
The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and Asian Tsunami was a result of the pressure at this zone causing a submarine earthquake which then resulted in a huge Tsunami.
About three hours after the earthquake struck, the US Tsunami Warning Center announced there was no longer a threat.
After Redmond's death, Leonard turns the television to a news report of a massive Tsunami crashing down on the West Coast.
All the way to Adelaide Acres, Tsunami couldn’t keep his gaze off me, and I made it worth his while.
A report from Ecuador's Adverse Events Monitoring Directorate ruled out a tsunami threat.
A Shifnal man has spoken of seeing a "tsunami of water" heading towards his barn full of horses when Storm Babet lashed Shropshire on Friday.
Born in Glasgow, he was a Paisley MP for 18 years, until being unseated by 20-year-old Mhairi Black in the SNP tsunami of 2015.
Boxing Day tsunami didn't traumatize me as much.
Common combinations with tsunami
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tsunami 41×
- tsunami of 25×
- tsunami warning 24×
- no tsunami 15×
- tsunami in 10×
- tsunami waves 9×
- pacific tsunami 8×
- tsunami threat 7×
- of tsunami 7×
- day tsunami 5×