Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The downward sliding of a relatively dry mass of earth and rock.
- noun The mass that slides.
- noun An overwhelming majority of votes for a political party or candidate.
- noun An election that sweeps a party or candidate into office.
- noun A great victory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A falling or sliding down of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on a mountain-side.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.
- noun The land which slips down.
- noun An election victory in which the winning candidate receives a substantial majority of the votes, usually meaning at least ten per cent more than any opposing candidate.
- noun Any overwhelming victory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A natural
disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow ofrock ,mud ,water and anything caught in the path. - noun A
vote won by a wide or overwhelmingmajority .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an overwhelming electoral victory
- noun a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
Etymologies
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Examples
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Results that would have you believe a Labour landslide is around the coroner for a dying SNP.
Predictions - Highlands and Islands Jeff 2007
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We build houses-some wealthy, some not so wealthy-all along the Northern Range above the 300 contour, in areas where the soil is well-known to be what we call landslide territory because of the geology of the Northern Range.
TrinidadExpress Today's News Q & A with Nazma Muller 2009
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In Texas, students march 7.3 miles for the right to vote 2008
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