OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16179

landslide

/ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alud terrero • argayo • corrimiento de tierra • deslave • desprendimiento térreo
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…
goleada • tanateada arrolladora • victoria aplastante
A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.
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