as in flood
a large mass of rock or earth descending from a high place
The heavy rains caused landslides in some areas.
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Recent Examples of landslide
Hamas won a landslide victory in the last Palestinian elections, held in 2006.
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Samy Magdy, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Officials are preparing to fully close U.S. Highway 95 southwest of McCall to allow crews to begin repairs necessitated by a landslide.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2025
Those talks led to semi-free elections where Solidarity candidates won a landslide victory.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Faced with soaring landslide costs, Palos Verdes considers a toll on the iconic coastal road.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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Samy Magdy, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Officials are preparing to fully close U.S. Highway 95 southwest of McCall to allow crews to begin repairs necessitated by a landslide.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2025
Those talks led to semi-free elections where Solidarity candidates won a landslide victory.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Faced with soaring landslide costs, Palos Verdes considers a toll on the iconic coastal road.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landslide
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For more than four decades, the state of the climate has been part of the national conversation—especially when severe weather events linked to a warming world such as droughts, floods, heat waves, and hurricanes occur.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Constructed in the later half of the 19th century, the building has weathered fire, flood, abandonment—and even ghosts.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Landslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landslide. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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