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How to pronounce landslide in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms landslip
Type of slide
Has types mudslide, rockslide
Type Words
Type of triumph, victory


Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide.

Examples of landslide

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Thanks to the Republican landslide in November, that won't change any time soon.
From the time.com
Before the landslide, at least 15 deaths in Mexico were blamed on the hurricane.
From the dailyherald.com
His charm offensive contributed to the SNP landslide in May's Holyrood election.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Obama scored an Electoral College landslide that redrew America's political map.
From the washingtontimes.com
Mount St. Helens erupted in May, and the year ended with a big Reagan landslide.
From the thenewstribune.com
The statistics reflected a landslide that could and should have been much worse.
From the washingtonpost.com
The trough may be associated with a landslide on the western edge of the crater.
From the sciencedaily.com
The last previous election, in 1990, was a landslide victory for the opposition.
From the nytimes.com
Obama is elected president with a landslide victory over Republican Mitt Romney.
From the al.com
More examples
  • An overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide"
  • A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
  • A landslide or landslip is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments. ...
  • Landslide is the name of two board games about the U.S. presidential elections, where players compete to become the president of the United States.
  • The Outcasts are three unrelated fictional groups of characters from the Marvel Universe.
  • "Landslide" is the twenty-second episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. It is the second episode of the three-part finale for season one.
  • Tim Land, better known as Landslide, is a dubstep, Broken Beat UK garage, 2-step, drum and bass, and future jazz musician (also heavily influenced by Latin, soul, and bossa nova), previously signed to Hospital Records, from London, England. ...
  • Landslide is a novel written by English author Desmond Bagley, and was first published in 1967.
  • A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path; A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority