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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | landslip |
| Synonyms: | avalanche, earthfall, mudslide, rockslide, snowslide |
| Notes: | avalanche means literally 'a gulp, something swallowed' from French avaler 'to swallow' and Italian lava 'torrent' and refers to snow, rocks, or other debris coming down a mountainside - whereas a landslide is an entire mountainside coming down |
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