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Definition of landslide in English: landslidenounˈlan(d)slʌɪdˈlæn(d)ˌslaɪd 1A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff. the road was blocked by a landslide figurative businessmen have been buried under a landslide of paperwork Example sentencesExamples - These rains are triggering massive landslides and building collapses.
- Over the course of time, landslides, rock movement, and vegetation hid the entrances to the other catacombs.
- Rock and landslides have also occurred in other townships in the county as well as in Taichung County, blocking the traffic.
- Last Tuesday, a record 37 inches of rain fell, and that triggered collapsed buildings and landslides.
- He pushes that stone which starts a landslide and the whole mountain crumbles and flows into the sea.
- The doctors thought he had been in some sort of a landslide or a building collapse.
- Flash flooding caused bridges to collapse and landslides are blocking roads to devastated coastal villages.
- Torrential rains yesterday collapsed roads and triggered landslides in central Taiwan but failed to relieve the drought in the north.
- All landslides are therefore forms of mass movement, but not all mass movements are landslides.
- Troops were deployed in helicopters after landslides and collapsed buildings blocked roads.
- The team will have to ford huge rivers, canyons and crevices and dodge landslides and rock falls.
- As the melting ice weakens the mountains, Switzerland is already experiencing more rockfalls, landslides, and mudflows, but things could get much worse.
- ‘Rainfall in the mountains means landslides and flooding in the valleys,’ he says.
- There are deep gashes in the roads; some are still blocked by landslides and a major road tunnel to the town has collapsed.
- Kelvin slid down the muddy slope, a landslide of earth, rock and ferns pushing him to the foot of the rise.
- In Hocheng district, a remote mountain area, 600 pigs were buried under landslides up to 3m deep.
- Nicola found herself dodging death as she made her way down Dooncarton Mountain with the landslides tumbling down either side of her.
- It was also feared that two fishermen were killed when rocks from a landslide fell on their camp at Rocky Bay on the island of Bequia.
- The same can be said of rock falls and landslides.
- Many of the landslips and landslides, and the silt that has covered paddocks, are not covered by any form of insurance.
Synonyms landslip, rockfall, mudslide, earthslip, earthfall avalanche 2An overwhelming majority of votes for one party or candidate in an election. Example sentencesExamples - He acted more like a despot after his landslide election victory in 1997.
- He lost the May 15 election by a landslide in rural and urban areas of Ethiopia.
- He won a landslide election victory earlier this year on the themes of clean government and a more tolerant society.
- After that, she stood for the school board elections, and won by a landslide.
- His landslide election victories, and his personal popularity in Middle England, made him look unassailable.
- In other words, Labour would have had a landslide election victory in 1997 even if no tactical vote had been cast.
- Labour looks set to secure a landslide election victory, according to a snap poll in Bolton.
- He was imprisoned a year before the NLD won a landslide election victory in 1990 only to be denied power by the generals.
- As a direct result, the Labor government was defeated by a landslide in the 1996 elections.
- I maintain that if any mainstream political party were to embrace the above they would win the next General Election by a landslide.
- He won by a landslide in the second round of a secret ballot, defeating four other candidates.
- For example, the 1928 election was a landslide victory for the Republicans.
- But now we have a Labour Party which actually wins elections - two landslides in a row - and has become very much the party of government.
- He was swept to power as prime minister in 2001 in a landslide election victory.
- He also inaugurated his own War on Poverty, winning the 1964 election by a landslide.
- A dead George Washington would win by a landslide against any opposing candidate.
- The NLD won the 1990 general election by a landslide but has since been blocked from coming to power.
- His popularity ensured he won by a landslide in the 1998 presidential elections.
- But despite his remorseless pursuit, the talks died with Labour's second election landslide victory.
- There is no need to recount where one candidate has won by a landslide.
Synonyms decisive victory, runaway victory, overwhelming majority, grand slam, triumph, walkover, {game, set, and match}
Definition of landslide in US English: landslidenounˈlan(d)ˌslīdˈlæn(d)ˌslaɪd 1The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff. Example sentencesExamples - There are deep gashes in the roads; some are still blocked by landslides and a major road tunnel to the town has collapsed.
- The same can be said of rock falls and landslides.
- Many of the landslips and landslides, and the silt that has covered paddocks, are not covered by any form of insurance.
- As the melting ice weakens the mountains, Switzerland is already experiencing more rockfalls, landslides, and mudflows, but things could get much worse.
- In Hocheng district, a remote mountain area, 600 pigs were buried under landslides up to 3m deep.
- The doctors thought he had been in some sort of a landslide or a building collapse.
- Last Tuesday, a record 37 inches of rain fell, and that triggered collapsed buildings and landslides.
- Nicola found herself dodging death as she made her way down Dooncarton Mountain with the landslides tumbling down either side of her.
- All landslides are therefore forms of mass movement, but not all mass movements are landslides.
- These rains are triggering massive landslides and building collapses.
- It was also feared that two fishermen were killed when rocks from a landslide fell on their camp at Rocky Bay on the island of Bequia.
- Torrential rains yesterday collapsed roads and triggered landslides in central Taiwan but failed to relieve the drought in the north.
- Kelvin slid down the muddy slope, a landslide of earth, rock and ferns pushing him to the foot of the rise.
- The team will have to ford huge rivers, canyons and crevices and dodge landslides and rock falls.
- ‘Rainfall in the mountains means landslides and flooding in the valleys,’ he says.
- Flash flooding caused bridges to collapse and landslides are blocking roads to devastated coastal villages.
- Troops were deployed in helicopters after landslides and collapsed buildings blocked roads.
- He pushes that stone which starts a landslide and the whole mountain crumbles and flows into the sea.
- Over the course of time, landslides, rock movement, and vegetation hid the entrances to the other catacombs.
- Rock and landslides have also occurred in other townships in the county as well as in Taichung County, blocking the traffic.
Synonyms landslip, rockfall, mudslide, earthslip, earthfall 2An overwhelming majority of votes for one party in an election. winning the election by a landslide as modifier a landslide victory Example sentencesExamples - The NLD won the 1990 general election by a landslide but has since been blocked from coming to power.
- He won by a landslide in the second round of a secret ballot, defeating four other candidates.
- I maintain that if any mainstream political party were to embrace the above they would win the next General Election by a landslide.
- He was swept to power as prime minister in 2001 in a landslide election victory.
- But despite his remorseless pursuit, the talks died with Labour's second election landslide victory.
- He was imprisoned a year before the NLD won a landslide election victory in 1990 only to be denied power by the generals.
- He lost the May 15 election by a landslide in rural and urban areas of Ethiopia.
- As a direct result, the Labor government was defeated by a landslide in the 1996 elections.
- He also inaugurated his own War on Poverty, winning the 1964 election by a landslide.
- A dead George Washington would win by a landslide against any opposing candidate.
- In other words, Labour would have had a landslide election victory in 1997 even if no tactical vote had been cast.
- For example, the 1928 election was a landslide victory for the Republicans.
- His popularity ensured he won by a landslide in the 1998 presidential elections.
- But now we have a Labour Party which actually wins elections - two landslides in a row - and has become very much the party of government.
- He won a landslide election victory earlier this year on the themes of clean government and a more tolerant society.
- He acted more like a despot after his landslide election victory in 1997.
- His landslide election victories, and his personal popularity in Middle England, made him look unassailable.
- There is no need to recount where one candidate has won by a landslide.
- Labour looks set to secure a landslide election victory, according to a snap poll in Bolton.
- After that, she stood for the school board elections, and won by a landslide.
Synonyms decisive victory, runaway victory, overwhelming majority, grand slam, triumph, walkover, game, set, and match
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