landslide
Mountain suddenly moving
A landslide is the sudden collapse and downward movement of a mass of earth or rock on a slope, often triggered by rain, earthquakes, or erosion.
The term extends powerfully into politics, where a landslide describes an overwhelming electoral victory: She won by a landslide.
In both senses, landslide conveys something massive and decisive—ground giving way all at once, or voters shifting dramatically in one direction.
Gradual wearing away
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- rockfallCollapsed cliff material
- mudslideFlowing mass of wet soil
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
talus · scree · earthflow · geotechnical · bedrock · alluvium · liquefaction · weathering
Organized public voting
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
margin · majority · blowout · rout · crushing · resounding · triumph · polls
Water-saturated sediment surge
- creepStealthy, slow movement
- slumpExtended period of decline
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
downslope · plunge · rush · surge · flow · shift · collapse · fall
Rapid mountain snow collapse
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- waveOscillating motion through medium
cascade · barrage · onslaught · overwhelming · inundation · tide · surge · unstoppable
Removal from danger
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- aftermathResults following an event
emergency · rescue · relief · aid · displacement · humanitarian · shelter · warning system
erosion
Gradual wearing away
sediment · talus · scree · earthflow · geotechnical · bedrock · alluvium · liquefaction · weathering · geomorphology
election
Organized public voting
overwhelming · margin · majority · blowout · rout · crushing · resounding · triumph · polls · votes
debris flow
Water-saturated sediment surge
cascade · downslope · plunge · rush · surge · flow · shift · collapse · fall · give way
avalanche
Rapid mountain snow collapse
wave · cascade · barrage · onslaught · overwhelming · inundation · tide · surge · unstoppable · momentum
evacuation
Removal from danger
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
aftermath · emergency · rescue · relief · aid · displacement · humanitarian · shelter · warning system · buried
- earth scienceatmosphere, earthquake, geology, volcano, crust
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- dominant winsblowout, rout, sweep, shutout, whitewash
- natural disastersearthquake, tornado, hurricane, tsunami, volcanic eruption
- road closuresroadblock, detour, barricade, lane closure, tunnel closure
- Earth processesplate tectonics, erosion, weathering, volcanism, sedimentation
landslidesqueaker
Barely-won contest
nail-biter · photo finish · close race · narrow victory · cliffhanger
landslideloss
Being without something
defeat · rout · beating · drubbing · crushing defeat
landslideflood
Overwhelming water overflow
flash flood · deluge · tsunami · inundation · mudflow
- by a landslideWinning by huge margin
- landslide victoryOverwhelming electoral triumph
- landslide victoriesOverwhelming electoral wins
landslides, landslip, landsliding, landslips, landslide victory