LANDSLIDE

landslide, landslip

(noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

landslide

(noun) an overwhelming electoral victory; “Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

landslide (plural landslides)

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

Synonyms

• (natural disaster): earthfall, landslip

Verb

landslide (third-person singular simple present landslides, present participle landsliding, simple past and past participle landslid)

To undergo a landslide.

Source: Wiktionary


Land"slip`, Land"slide`, n.

1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.

2. The land which slips down.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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