Landslide
Overwhelming victory margin
A landslide is a mass of rock, earth, or debris sliding down a slope.
The term extends to overwhelming victories, especially in elections: She won by a landslide, a landslide victory.
The figurative sense suggests something so decisive it sweeps away opposition like falling earth.
Act of completely ruining
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- rescueSave from harm
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
survivors · damage · infrastructure · roads · bridges · villages · flooding · monsoon
Water-saturated sediment surge
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
- rockfallCollapsed cliff material
- erosionGradual wearing away
- hillsideSloping terrain face
terrain · excavation · rainfall · saturation · unstable · collapse · burial · displacement
Defeating an opponent
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- sweepBrush clean with broom
majority · blowout · margin · polling · votes · election · defeat · opponent
Intensely excessive in force
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- dominantHaving superior influence
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
force · wave · surge · triumph · decisive · massive · unprecedented · insurmountable
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- rescueSave from harm
recovery · survivors · damage · infrastructure · roads · bridges · villages · flooding · monsoon · typhoon
debris flow
Water-saturated sediment surge
hillside · terrain · excavation · rainfall · saturation · unstable · collapse · burial · displacement · sediment
victory
Defeating an opponent
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- decisiveQuick to conclude
sweep · majority · blowout · margin · polling · votes · election · defeat · opponent · campaign
overwhelming
Intensely excessive in force
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- dominantHaving superior influence
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
momentum · force · wave · surge · triumph · decisive · massive · unprecedented · insurmountable · avalanche
Landslideclose race
Contest with slim margin
nail-biter · photo finish · squeaker · toss-up · dead heat
Landslidestability
Resistance to displacement
solid ground · bedrock · erosion · uplift
Landslideclose call
Disaster narrowly averted
squeaker · photo finish · cliffhanger · draw · stalemate
- by a landslideWinning by huge margin
- landslide victoryOverwhelming electoral triumph
- landslide victoriesOverwhelming electoral wins