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# landslide

noun (a landslide, landslides)

«landslide» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large mass of earth, rocks and mud suddenly sliding down a hill or mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#m1)
2. (politics) A huge win in an election, by far more votes than the others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and natural hazards lessons it is caused by heavy rain, earthquakes or cutting down trees; it can block roads and bury houses. In safety talk: keep away from steep slopes after storms. In politics and news, a landslide victory means one side won by a lot. Phrases: landslide victory, win by a landslide.

### Examples

- After days of rain, a landslide blocked the mountain road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x1)
- Tree roots help to stop landslides on steep hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x2)
- The village was evacuated because of the danger of a landslide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x3)
- She won the class election by a landslide, with 25 votes out of 28. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x4)
- Earthquakes can trigger landslides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x5)
- Rescue teams searched the mud after the landslide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Similar words: mudslide (mostly mud), rockfall (falling rocks), avalanche (snow). A landslide win is a figure of speech, not real earth moving.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «landslide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«landslide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/landslide.html) on Mova free.