landslide
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- noun
- /ˈlændˌslaɪd/
- Literature
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victoria aplastante
- She was elected president in a landslide victory, receiving over 70% of the votes.
- a landslide victory
- won by a landslide
- a landslide election
Anyway, the point is, he wanted a landslide.
- Anyway, the point is, he wanted a landslide.
- And it was believed nationwide that Lincoln was going to lose to him in a landslide.
- Obviously that's not as big of of a landslide than the do you think men should propose in general?
Examples
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Governor Ishihara won his re-election in Tokyo with a historic landslide of 70 percent of all votes cast in April 2003.
Academic text (2004) -
And she won in a landslide.
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You were elected by the largest landslide in our history.
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You won in a landslide.
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You won by a landslide.
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Nixon will win by a landslide, I guarantee it.
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The Republican incumbent won by a landslide.
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In November 1964, the Johnson-Humphrey ticket won a landslide victory.
Academic text (1998) -
Republicans won 63 seats in a landslide in 2010 that Barack Obama called a "shellacking."
Academic text (2011) -
In the general election of 1918, Sinn Fein, the political party that rejects Home Rule in favour of separatist republicanism, wins a landslide victory, gaining almost three quarters of the seats.
Synonyms
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An easy victory won by a large amount
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A vote in which one side wins by a very large number of votes
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Etymology
Landslide comes from the simple parts land and slide, which mean earth moving down a hill. A helpful image is a rush of earth 'sweeping away' things in its path, so a 'landslide' victory is one where a candidate wins by a very large number of votes.