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 Definitions of Landslide  [ˈlændˌslaɪd]  

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Definition of 'Landslide' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) landslide
the falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.

2.  landslide
the mass itself.

3.  landslide
an election in which a particular candidate or party receives an overwhelming majority of votes.

4.  landslide
any overwhelming victory.

5. (v.i.) landslide
to come down in or as if in a landslide.

Etymology:  (1830–40, Amer.)

Definition of 'Landslide' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) landslide
an overwhelming electoral victory
"Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide"

2. (noun) landslide, landslip
a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff


Definition of 'Landslide' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) landslide
when the ground slips down a hill or mountain
fears of landslides following the earthquake

2.  landslide
a complete victory in an election
to win by a landslide; a landslide victory


Definition of 'Landslide' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Landslide
the slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc

2. (noun) Landslide
the land which slips down


Translation of 'Landslide' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a piece of land that falls down from the side of a hill
His car was buried in the landslide.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aardstorting, grondversku Arabic flag Arabic: إنْزلاق الأرض Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: свлачище
Brazilian flag Brazilian: deslizamento de terra Czech flag Czech: sesuv půdy German flag German: der Erdrutsch
Danish flag Danish: jordskred Greek flag Greek: κατολίσθηση Spanish flag Spanish: desprendimiento
Estonian flag Estonian: maalihe Farsi flag Farsi: ریزش کوه Finnish flag Finnish: maanvyöry
French flag French: glissement de terrain Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַפּוֹלֶת אֲדָמָה Hindi flag Hindi: भूस्खलन, महाविजय
Croatian flag Croatian: klizište Hungarian flag Hungarian: földcsuszamlás Indonesian flag Indonesian: tanah longsor
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skriða Italian flag Italian: frana Japanese flag Japanese: 地すべり
Korean flag Korean: 산사태로 무너진 토사 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuošliauža Latvian flag Latvian: (zemes ) nogruvums
Malay flag Malay: tanah runtuh Dutch flag Dutch: aardverschuiving Norwegian flag Norwegian: jordras/-skred
Polish flag Polish: obsunięcie się ziemi Persian flag Persian: يا تپه ریزش کوه Pashto flag Pashto: د غره يا تپه خوځيدل او را
Portuguese flag Portuguese: derrocada QUERY Romanian flag Romanian: alunecare de teren Russian flag Russian: оползень
Slovak flag Slovak: zosuv pôdy Slovenian flag Slovenian: plaz Serbian flag Serbian: odron
Swedish flag Swedish: jordskred Thai flag Thai: แผ่นดินถล่ม Turkish flag Turkish: heyelân, toprak kayması
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 山崩 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зсув, обвал Urdu flag Urdu: زمین کے تودے کا پہاڑ سے ل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự lở đất Chinese flag Chinese: 山崩

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'Landslide' - Nearby Entries  

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