Landslide Meaning
/ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
nounA vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
Sentence Examples
Traffic was blocked by a landslide.
That landslide produced a lot of misery.
I read the news about the landslide caused by the storm.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The heavy rain caused a ____ that buried the road under tons of mud.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The heavy rains caused a massive ____ that blocked the main road and destroyed several houses nearby.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English slide English landslide From land + slide.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 week.[…]
The second landslide in Wencheng county killed five people, with one person still missing, an official at the county’s flood control office said Saturday."
— 2016 September 30, “13 dead, 20 still missing in China after typhoon landslides”, in AP News, sourced from Beijing (AP), archived from the original on 25 Sep 2024:
"So it landslid mightily, carrying off greens and fairways and all."
— 1921, The Illustrated London News, volume 158, page 356:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The heavy rain caused a ____ that buried the road under tons of mud.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The heavy rains caused a massive ____ that blocked the main road and destroyed several houses nearby.