: a moving mass of soil made fluid by rain or melting snow
also
: lahar
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To Harland’s mind, these were all too expansive and widespread to have come from mudflows.
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Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
While often called mudslides or mudflows, debris flows pose a unique threat due to their devastating power.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Intense rainfall, as common in tropical latitudes, and water vapor in the eruption column can mix with volcanic ash and debris, forming deadly mudflows called lahars by geologists after an Indonesian word for ravines on the slopes of a volcano.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
This will help firefighters extinguish the fires still burning, however, may trigger mudflows in the areas that have been scorched in the blazes.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
While often called mudslides or mudflows, debris flows pose a unique threat due to their devastating power.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Intense rainfall, as common in tropical latitudes, and water vapor in the eruption column can mix with volcanic ash and debris, forming deadly mudflows called lahars by geologists after an Indonesian word for ravines on the slopes of a volcano.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
This will help firefighters extinguish the fires still burning, however, may trigger mudflows in the areas that have been scorched in the blazes.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mudflow
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“Mudflow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mudflow. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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mudflow
noun
mud·flow
ˈməd-ˌflō 
: a moving mass of mud made up of soil and rainwater or melted snow
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