landslide
landslide
Definition
☆ land·slide (land′slīd′)
noun
- the sliding of a mass of loosened rocks or earth down a hillside or slope
- the mass of loosened material sliding down
- an overwhelming majority of votes for one candidate or party in an election
- any overwhelming victory
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Synonyms
landslide
Synonyms
landslide
n.
landslide
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- trigger: Eight people reportedly died in Boavista District when their homes collapsed due to a landslide triggered by the heavy rains.
- win: Labor doesn't need the Mail; it has won two landslides in the face of violent opposition from the rag.
- cause: He fires several missiles at the side causing a landslide which blocks the Hood's way.
- prevent: Only Andy Booth ( left ) from Aberdeen, with a 2-1 win over Tim Miles of Worthing, prevented a landslide.
- follow: The disaster followed landslides in neighboring East Java province earlier this week that killed at least 77 people.
- have: Tony Blair has rarely ruled as if he had a landslide.
Adjective modifier
- rotational: The plateaux margins are typically characterized slope failures that range from large rotational landslides to individual blockfalls.
- submarine: The trigger mechanisms that initiate submarine landslides in this area are not well understood.
- underwater: A huge underwater landslide produced the tsunami in question.
- ecological: Dr. Kirpotin told the magazine the situation was an " ecological landslide that is probably irreversible and is undoubtedly connected to climatic warming " .
- coastal: Problems arising from coastal landslides have been particularly serious during the 20th century.
- massive: Fortunately, the massive landslide higher up the valley had been cleared.
Modifies a noun
- victory: In the 1997 General Election a Labor landslide victory thrust Tony Blair into power.
- debris: In other places, landslide debris was strewn across the road barring the way.
- defeat: We have just suffered our second successive landslide election defeat.
- election: The British colony of Hong Kong is returned to China Labor under Blair wins landslide election victory British Gas enters the domestic electricity market.
- majority: In 2001, the Labor party was elected with a second landslide majority of 167 MPs.
- hazard: This study will complement ongoing work on the topographic controls on landslide hazards.
Noun used with modifier
landslide Quotes
Ever since the Republican landslide on Nov 8, it's been getting dark outside a little earlier every day.You notice that?
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