landslide victory
Won by miles
A landslide victory is an overwhelming win in an election or competition, where one side defeats the other by a very large margin.
The image is of an avalanche sweeping everything away: Reagan's landslide victory in 1984 carried 49 states.
Often shortened to just landslide: She won in a landslide.
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- electoralConcerning choosing representatives
- blowoutSudden tire failure
- supermajorityVote exceeding simple majority
lead · overwhelming · flood · margins · unanimous · swing · surge · clean sweep · mandate · decisive · avalanche · concession · concession speech · acclamation · blue wave · red wave · winner · polls
- LBJ EraLBJ, Great Society, Vietnam War, War on Poverty, Civil Rights Act
- Asian ElectionsSharif, Marcos, Duterte
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- power shiftsregime change, coup d'etat, overthrow, abdication, inauguration
- UK electionsballot, general elections, general election, by-election, candidate
landslide victorysqueaker
Barely-won contest
photo finish · narrow victory · nail-biter · too close to call · dead heat
landslide victorycrushing defeat
Overwhelming, decisive loss
rout · drubbing · wipeout · shellacking · catastrophic loss
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