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landslide

noun as in landslip

Strongest matches

Strong match

Weak matches

noun as in great victory

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Mr Miller said there were cameras monitoring possible landslides but it was hard to say how the situation occurred.

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More than 40 people are now known to have died after multiple landslides struck Kenya and Uganda's mountainous border region last week.

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The category five hurricane - the strongest type - has caused dozens of deaths across the Caribbean, bringing powerful winds and landslides to Cuba and Haiti.

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This summer hundreds of homes were destroyed and roads damaged by landslides and flash floods.

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The Kenyan government has confirmed that 21 people have died following a landslide in the western part of the country after heavy rainfall.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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