Tidal Wave Definition

Tidal Wave Sentence Examples

• In Acapulco a tidal wave followed the shock.

• The tidal wave of the Southern Ocean, which sweeps uninterruptedly round the globe from east to west, generates a secondary wave between Africa and South America, which travels north at a rate dependent only on the depth of the ocean.

• The present city is half a mile north of the site of the old town, which was destroyed by an earthquake and tidal wave in 1746.

• In 1868 the town was nearly destroyed by an earthquake, in 1875 by fire, and again in 1877 by earthquakes, a fire and a tidal wave.

• It is situated on the right bank of the Seine, the tidal wave of which (mascaret) can be well seen at this point.