A mudslide swept the truck into a ravine.
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Mudslide
//ˈmʌdˌslaɪd//
Synonyms for "mudslide" (2 found)
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Translations
41 translations across 22 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 土石流 noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- 泥流 noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- 泥石流 noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Danish
1 entries- mudderstrøm noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Dutch
3 entries- aardverschuiving noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- grondverschuiving noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- modderstroom noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Estonian
1 entries- rusuvool noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Finnish
1 entries- mutavyöry noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
French
1 entries- coulée de boue noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Georgian
1 entries- ღვარცოფი noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
German
3 entries- Mure noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- Murgang noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- Schlammlawine noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Hungarian
1 entries- sárcsuszamlás noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Indonesian
1 entries- lumpur longsor noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Irish
2 entries- sciorradh láibe noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- sleamhnú láibe noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Japanese
3 entries- 土石流 noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- 崖崩れ noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- 泥流 noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Korean
3 entries- 이류 noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- 진흙 사태 noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- 토석류 noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Malay
1 entries- tanah runtuh noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Polish
1 entries- powódź błotna noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Portuguese
1 entries- deslizamento noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Russian
2 entries- о́ползень noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- сель noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Spanish
4 entries- aluvión noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- deslizamiento noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- flujo de lodo noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- guaico noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Swedish
3 entries- lerskred noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- ras noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
- slamström noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Thai
1 entries- โคลนถล่ม noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Turkish
1 entries- çamur akıntısı noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lở đất noun (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
A mudslide destroyed an Austrian village.
Source: tatoeba (13376555)
A mudslide in the south-western province of Guizhou has resulted in 15 deaths. Thirty people are still missing as the search continues.
Source: wiktionary
Flooding occurs in areas where the ground is unable to absorb all of the water, according to forecasters, who explained that flash flooding can also be caused by mudslides or breaks in dams or levees.
Source: wiktionary
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