Collocations for "landslide"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "landslide" in context.
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landslide
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the election was a landslide
- won (the election) by a landslide
- the election is expected to be a landslide
- was trapped by a landslide
- was killed in a landslide
- [rescued, pulled] from the landslide
- [caused, started, triggered] a landslide
- her [home, car] was destroyed by a landslide
- the landslide destroyed his [home]
- the landslide [smashed, buried, crushed]
- the landslide left [hundreds] homeless
- was buried under a landslide
- determine what [started, caused] the landslide
- the [cause, origin] of the landslide
- figurative: a landslide of [papers, documents]
'landslide' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):