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# landslide

«landslide» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large mass of earth, rocks and mud suddenly sliding…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a landslide, landslides)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large mass of earth, rocks and mud suddenly sliding down a hill or mountain. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x1)
- Tree roots help to stop landslides on steep hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x2)
- The village was evacuated because of the danger of a landslide. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x4)
- Earthquakes can trigger landslides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/#x5)
- Rescue teams searched the mud after the landslide. [tree →](https://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Tsunamis can also be caused by landslides, volcanic eruptions and, very rarely, meteorite impacts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/45-tsunamis/13/)
- [A landslide is winning by a huge amount; a narrow win is a very close one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/2-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «landslide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/landslide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.