Landslide

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

    "Near-synonym: mudflow"

  2. 2
    a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff wordnet
  3. 3
    A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

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

  4. 4
    an overwhelming electoral victory wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To undergo a landslide.

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
landsliplandslipabundanceaffluenceample sufficiencyampleness

Example

More examples

"Traffic was blocked by a landslide."

Etymology

From land + slide.

Related phrases

Landslide Lyndonby a landslidelandslide victoryshoo in

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