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tidal bore

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tidal bore - a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

aegir, eager, eagre, bore

tidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides

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In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend upstream.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

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