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Landslide

/lˈæˌndslaɪd/
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(noun) A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

Traffic was blocked by a landslide.
That landslide produced a lot of misery.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The heavy rains caused a massive ____ that blocked the main road and destroyed several houses nearby.

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