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landslide
['lændslaid]
n. 山崩

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landslide
[ noun ]

  1. an overwhelming electoral victory

  2. <noun.event>
    Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide
  3. a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

  4. <noun.event>




Landslide \Land"slide`\, Landslip \Land"slip`\, n.
1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill,
etc.

2. The land which slips down.

3. 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.
[PJC]

4. Any overwhelming victory.
[PJC]