0 an extremely large wave caused by movement of the earth under the sea, often caused by an earthquake (= a shaking of the earth) --
1 a sudden large number of things: --
a tidal wave of complaints
2 an extremely large wave caused by violent movement of the earth under the sea --
The whole country is submerged under a tidal wave of unemployment.
During the whole year there has been a tidal wave of short time.
It is like trying to stop a tidal wave.
As well as real crime, we have to deal with the perception of a tidal wave of crime.
It adds yet another concentrated effort on a topic that has attracted a conspicuous, almost disproportionate, amount of scholarly attention, which has in turn stimulated a tidal wave of popularisations.
These delegates opposed every attempt to engulf the states in a tidal wave of national authority.
However, the tidal wave of racism could not even tolerate this.
Unchecked violence led to a virtual tidal wave of opposition by 1949.
