landslide

Definition

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

Etymology

From land + slide.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonym: mudflow"
• "The landslides Wednesday in Zhejiang province, south of the financial hub of Shanghai, followed Typhoon Megi, which brought heavy rains and high winds to China and Taiwan this past week.[…] The second landslide in Wencheng county killed five people, with one person still missing, an official at the county’s flood control office said Saturday."
• "The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide."

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