landslide

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/ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/

noun 2verb 1

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(noun.) fall of earth or rocks

VERB + LANDSLIDE

cause

Heavy rainfall in the mountains caused a dangerous landslide that blocked the highway for weeks.

LANDSLIDE + VERB

destroy sth

A massive landslide destroyed several homes in the mountain region last week.

(noun.) election victory

ADJ

electoral

The opposition party won a landslide victory in the recent electoral campaign.

Conservative, Labour, etc.

VERB + LANDSLIDE

win by

She won the election by a landslide, gaining far more votes than any other candidate.

LANDSLIDE + NOUN

victory

Definitions

noun

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

Near-synonym: mudflow

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.

A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.

verb

To undergo a landslide.

So it landslid mightily, carrying off greens and fairways and all.

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Synonyms

noun — a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or

landslip

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

by a landslide

with big margins, with a huge difference

I think he is going to win by a landslide.

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Near-synonym: mudflow

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The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.

Wiktionary

So it landslid mightily, carrying off greens and fairways and all.

Wiktionary

Traffic was blocked by a landslide.

Tatoeba · #63772

That landslide produced a lot of misery.

Tatoeba · #67948

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