NOUN | event | landslide | an overwhelming electoral victory |
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event | landslide, landslip | a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock / rock down a mountain or cliff |
Sounds | lae'ndslay.d; lae'nslay.d | |
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Rhymes | abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd... |
Meaning | An overwhelming electoral victory. | |
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Example | "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide" | |
Broader | victory, triumph | A successful ending of a struggle or contest / contest |
Spanish | avalancha |
Meaning | A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock / rock down a mountain or cliff. | |
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Synonym | landslip | |
Narrower | mudslide | A landslide of mud |
rockslide | A landslide of rocks / rocks | |
Broader | slide | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. |
Spanish | corrimiento de tierras, desprendimiento de tierras, desprendimiento | |
Catalan | ensulsiada |
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