1A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.
‘the road was blocked by a landslide’
‘businessmen have been buried under a landslide of paperwork’
‘Kelvin slid down the muddy slope, a landslide of earth, rock and ferns pushing him to the foot of the rise.’
‘Flash flooding caused bridges to collapse and landslides are blocking roads to devastated coastal villages.’
‘Troops were deployed in helicopters after landslides and collapsed buildings blocked roads.’
‘‘Rainfall in the mountains means landslides and flooding in the valleys,’ he says.’
‘The team will have to ford huge rivers, canyons and crevices and dodge landslides and rock falls.’
‘Nicola found herself dodging death as she made her way down Dooncarton Mountain with the landslides tumbling down either side of her.’
‘He pushes that stone which starts a landslide and the whole mountain crumbles and flows into the sea.’
‘Over the course of time, landslides, rock movement, and vegetation hid the entrances to the other catacombs.’
‘These rains are triggering massive landslides and building collapses.’
‘The same can be said of rock falls and landslides.’
‘Rock and landslides have also occurred in other townships in the county as well as in Taichung County, blocking the traffic.’
‘All landslides are therefore forms of mass movement, but not all mass movements are landslides.’
‘It was also feared that two fishermen were killed when rocks from a landslide fell on their camp at Rocky Bay on the island of Bequia.’
‘The doctors thought he had been in some sort of a landslide or a building collapse.’
‘Many of the landslips and landslides, and the silt that has covered paddocks, are not covered by any form of insurance.’
‘In Hocheng district, a remote mountain area, 600 pigs were buried under landslides up to 3m deep.’
‘There are deep gashes in the roads; some are still blocked by landslides and a major road tunnel to the town has collapsed.’
‘As the melting ice weakens the mountains, Switzerland is already experiencing more rockfalls, landslides, and mudflows, but things could get much worse.’
‘Last Tuesday, a record 37 inches of rain fell, and that triggered collapsed buildings and landslides.’
‘Torrential rains yesterday collapsed roads and triggered landslides in central Taiwan but failed to relieve the drought in the north.’