Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

landslide

[land-slahyd] / ˈlændˌslaɪd /
NOUN
landslip
Synonyms




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The Bills made it through the first two weeks without committing a turnover, then survived a landslide Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The resulting landslide and tsunami caused eight deaths, according to a reconstruction published in Natural Hazards.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Preliminary calculations based on the seismic signal the landslide produced indicate that the ice-and-rock avalanche in Nepal was likely 10 times the volume of the one in Blatten, said Schwanghart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Its closure has left Nepal increasingly dependent on Tatopani - which Chinese authorities have also temporarily closed, external because of landslide risks on the Nepali side, the Kathmandu Post reports.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

By the time the landslide reached Spirit Lake, it was moving at more than 100 miles per hour.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Another wave of landslides and heavy rain have killed about 30 people in Nepal, as the Himalayan nation reels from August's catastrophic flooding that left 1,400 dead and thousands more missing.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The rains that lashed Thailand also hit neighbouring Myanmar, where rescuers said heavy floods and landslides in the southern region of Tanintharyi had killed at least eight people.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Last year, the line was closed for a month for repairs designed to protect against landslides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Massive floods and landslides swept through border towns and villages in Nepal and Tibet, wiping out thousands of houses, destroying energy infrastructure and leaving thousands dead or missing.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The first landslides and Spirit Lake Fifteen seconds after the earthquake, the bulge on the north face of Mount St. Helens broke loose and began to slide down the mountain.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

“Even a moderate earthquake could cause a local-source tsunami from submarine landsliding in Monterey Bay,” public documents say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2025

“The weaker alluvial sediments can amplify shaking, and mountains are vulnerable to landsliding, including along the roads that lead to mountain villages.”

From National Geographic ● Sep. 11, 2023

"When the glaciers melted the sediment was no longer supported by the ice margins, so in places it can be susceptible to landsliding."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2020

Says Norge President Judson S. Sayre: "The way orders are landsliding, we could be sold out for the year by October 15."

From Time Magazine Archive




Vocabulary lists containing landslide


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training