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Landslide

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈlæn(d).slaɪd

Definitions

  1. A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
  2. A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

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Examples

Near-synonym: mudflow
The landslides Wednesday in Zhejiang province, south of the financial hub of Shanghai, followed Typhoon Megi, which brought heavy rains and high winds to China and Taiwan this past week.[…] The second landslide in Wencheng county killed five people, with one person still missing, an official at the county’s flood control office said Saturday.”
The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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