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
Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief Chris Canfield said the damage was caused by a mudslide after some rain.
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Over 450 state roadways were closed as of Tuesday because of high water and mudslides, and more than 281 people were in shelters across the state, the governor said.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief Chris Canfield said the damage was caused by a mudslide after some rain.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Over 450 state roadways were closed as of Tuesday because of high water and mudslides, and more than 281 people were in shelters across the state, the governor said.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief Chris Canfield said the damage was caused by a mudslide after some rain.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mudslide
Noun
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Natural disasters are increasing so much in frequency and intensity that even places once believed to be insulated from the worst of what’s to come—the cool, wet Pacific Northwest, for example—are experiencing greater effects from wildfire, storms, flooding, landslides and drought.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Proposition 36 went into effect in December after a landslide victory at the ballot box.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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For more than four decades, the state of the climate has been part of the national conversation—especially when severe weather events linked to a warming world such as droughts, floods, heat waves, and hurricanes occur.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Constructed in the later half of the 19th century, the building has weathered fire, flood, abandonment—and even ghosts.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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In arguing for the reforms three years ago, insurers said that the industry had become unprofitable due to an avalanche of frivolous lawsuits filed under a century-old Florida law.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2025
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The Biden administration was an avalanche of mixed messages: the payment pause was going to end several times, before officials extended it at the last minute; the government was going to offer loan forgiveness, before courts struck it down and Biden tried (and failed) to deliver it another way.—
Preston Cooper,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Mudslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mudslide. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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