as in landslide
a large mass of wet earth descending from a high place
In the spring and early summer this area is prone to flooding and mudslides.
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Recent Examples of mudslide
The latter is a beachside bar that serves daily happy hour—guests would flock from their poolside lounge chairs to the swinging beach chairs for a mudslide.
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Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2025
Beware rock falls and mudslides any time there’s precipitation.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025
After months of fighting the effects of fires and mudslides, Duke’s Malibu has laid off the majority of its employees.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Helene caught North Carolina mountain communities off guard last fall, unleashing historic floods, powerful mudslides and destructive winds that transformed picturesque landscapes into scenes of ruin.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2025
Beware rock falls and mudslides any time there’s precipitation.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025
After months of fighting the effects of fires and mudslides, Duke’s Malibu has laid off the majority of its employees.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Helene caught North Carolina mountain communities off guard last fall, unleashing historic floods, powerful mudslides and destructive winds that transformed picturesque landscapes into scenes of ruin.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mudslide
Noun
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Those talks led to semi-free elections where Solidarity candidates won a landslide victory.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Faced with soaring landslide costs, Palos Verdes considers a toll on the iconic coastal road.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Brown saw 3 feet of water flood her home in a predominantly Black neighborhood that still shows damage from the storm.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
25 Mar. 2025
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Best Option Restoration is a nationally franchised disaster restoration business that handles wind and storm damage, fire damage, flood/water damage, and contents cleanout to residential and commercial customers.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
25 Mar. 2025
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An avalanche of global popular culture attention in the past 30 years, long after her passing, much of it straining reality and breaking from it entirely, has additionally contributed to a Kahlo shrouded more in myth than truth.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Please check your local avalanche forecast before venturing into the backcountry, and bring (and know how to use) avalanche safety equipment and a partner.—
Sierra Shafer,
Outside Online,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Mudslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mudslide. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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