landslide

English

Etymology

From land +‎ slide.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈlænd.slaɪd/
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Noun

landslide (plural landslides)

  2. A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
    Synonyms: earthfall, landslip
    Near-synonym: mudflow
    • 2016 September 30, “13 dead, 20 still missing in China after typhoon landslides”, in AP News‎[1], sourced from Beijing (AP), archived from the original on 25 September 2024‎[2]:
      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.
  4. A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
    Synonym: landslide victory
    The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.

Usage notes

See at landslide victory § Usage notes.

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Verb

landslide (third-person singular simple present landslides, present participle landsliding, simple past and past participle landslid)

  1. To undergo a landslide.
    • 1921, The Illustrated London News, volume 158, page 356:
      So it landslid mightily, carrying off greens and fairways and all.
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