A colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

They were wiped out by what they called a tsunami-style wave that came over the levees and basically flattened a lot of that parish.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2006] Reference

The tsunami is coming and the times they are a changin '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Polls: Clinton does better in the swing states] Reference

"The mere mention of the word tsunami scares me," she says.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2006] Reference

All proceeds from the event went to long-term tsunami relief.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2005] Reference

Go back and look at the midterm tsunami that swept the Democrats out of office the last time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Derrick Crowe: Afghanistan Escalation Will (and Should) Hurt Congressional Democrats in 2010] Reference

I knew that the tsunami from the Chile quake traveled across the Pacific Ocean and killed people in Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lake Chapala Geology] Reference

Please pray for our brothers in the Philippines; a 3 foot tsunami is heading for the Philippines from Taiwan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Preparing for the Coming of God] Reference

The good thing about them, as you saw during the tsunami, is they're offshore bases for all intents and purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Managing China] Reference

“Like holocaust, the word tsunami must now be used with sensitivity,” he wrote a month after the Asian tsunami.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tsunami Alerts of the Rhetorical Kind - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

We had dammed the Aussie critter-label tsunami and poured the Australians a wine lake, a glut of historical proportion.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference

The tsunami from the Alaska quake traveled across The Gulf of Alaska and down the western side of The North American continent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lake Chapala Geology] Reference

Again, like the friggin tsunami, and even 9/11, the magnitude of this disaster only grows and feeds a concise armegeddon symbology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Should New Orleans be rebuilt? « BuzzMachine] Reference

It's tsunami, which is Japanese for a large wall of water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tidal Wave] Reference

What might have caused the tsunami is another cause for debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Could a tsunami have once hit New York?] Reference

The aftermath of the tsunami is a tragedy for the entire world.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2005] Reference

A tsunami is a surface wave, which can travel thousands of miles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Official Website of Representative David Duke, PhD] Reference

CALLER: Hey, I got a comment about the so-called tsunami that hit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Condoleezza Rice called the tsunami in Asia "a wonderful opportunity.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Monday, January 31, 2005] Reference

The only living things that survived the tsunami were the wild animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [12/31/2004] Reference

Soy un tsunami, which is currently leading the Tu país te necesita online voting.    From Wordnik.com.  [esctoday.com | news] Reference

A tsunami was the image of choice to describe the blow of last year's food crisis.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Then, of course, if you have a tsunami, that is just going to further complicate things.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2010] Reference

December 26, triggering a series of huge waves called tsunami, "was possibly" caused by an.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

According to the West Coast and Alaska tsunami Warning Center, a tsunami is a series of long waves.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Georgia Straight - News And Views] Reference

There are warnings of a tsunami, which is now heading for Central America and Hawaii and even Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Official Website of Representative David Duke, PhD] Reference

The tsunami is the Obama ground machine that the campaign has been quietly building all summer long.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Gonna Happen, And When It Does, We Need To Be Prepared] Reference

Tapan Chitrakar, meanwhile, is still haunted by the tsunami is his black-and-white monochrome 'patas'.    From Wordnik.com.  [www.punjabnewsline.com] Reference

"Not only do you have the stimulus hiring, but you have the retirement tsunami, which is still coming.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Federal Times - News] Reference

The tsunami was a further excuse to dispossess the sea-going ethnic minorities who lived along the coast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

But it is Puget Sound, with its population and potential to funnel in a tsunami, which is being watched closely.    From Wordnik.com.  [WBIR.com - News]

Let's get right to that breaking story, the tsunami, which is heading for Japan and Russia and Hawaii and Alaska.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2006] Reference

But this earthquake will not be famous for the shaking, it will be known for the tsunami, which is pretty unusual.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earthquake's Size, Damage Called Biblical] Reference

EDDIE BERNARD, NOAA: A tsunami is a series of waves that have been produced by a disturbance of the ocean's surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2004] Reference

For those who believe the tsunami is a few years away, and I am in that camp, use this volatility to your advantage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Positive about Indian Equities] Reference

A tsunami is a series of long-period waves created by an abrupt disturbance that displaces a large amount of water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The tsunami was a hot topic of conversation at coastal coffee shops, though some surfers hadn't heard about the quake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Examiner California Headlines] Reference

"In fact, we think there was a greater-than-8 quake in 1700, which generated a sea wave called a tsunami when it hit Japan," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [LewRockwell.com] Reference

So it is the inaccessibility, the remoteness of those areas hit that are hit by the tsunami, which is making it very difficult for us.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2005] Reference