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rockfall Definition

rock·fall (räk′fôl′)

noun

  1. a landslide involving the fall of rocks
  2. the pile of rocks formed by such a landslide

rockfall Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • block: Then, deep inside the cave, disaster strikes when their route back to the surface is blocked by a rockfall.

Adjective modifier

  • massive: The other major development in the area was the massive rockfall at Beachy Head in Winter 1998/9.
  • huge: WARNING: A huge rockfall has taken place ( July 2005?
  • small: Debris from a small rockfall in Gage's Valley.

Modifies a noun

  • event: We found that there was a dependence between low-frequency and rockfall events.