Meaning

2 senses
  1. A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

    Near-synonym: mudflow

    Erdrutsch

    о́ползеньópolzenʹ, обва́лobvál, лави́наlavína

    зсувzsuv, о́повзеньópovzenʹ, обва́лobvál

  2. A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

    The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.

    erdrutschartiger Sieg, überwältigender Sieg, Erdrutschsieg

More definitions
  • a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
  • an overwhelming electoral victory

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Traffic was blocked by a landslide.

    Рух транспорту був перекритий зсувом. — Ahha

    ruДвижение было заблокировано в результате оползня. — odexed

    deDurch einen Erdrutsch ist der Verkehr unterbrochen worden. — xtofu80

  2. The road up ahead is blocked by a landslide.

    ruДорога вверх по склону преграждена оползнем. — soweli_Elepanto

  3. The house survived the landslide intact.

    Будинок після зсуву залишився цілим. — Ahha

  4. If a landslide happens, it will cause many deaths.

    Якщо відбудеться зсув, це призведе до багатьох смертей. — Ahha

  5. The suspected cause of the derailment is a landslide.

    Підозрювана причина сходження з рейок - зсув. — Ahha

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
natural disaster:
Русский
By meaning 1
natural disaster:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
natural disaster:
vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority:

Forms

plural: landslides
Singularlandslide
Plurallandslides

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff:landslip

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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