rockslide
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈrɑkˌslaɪd/
:
deslizamiento de rocas
- Authorities warned residents about the possibility of a rockslide in the steep terrain following the storm.
- a small rockslide
- rockslides and mudslides
Examples
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After the rockslide, the hikers had to find an alternate route to continue their journey.
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The fossil had been freed from its matrix by a recent rockslide.
Fiction book (1994) -
There was this terrible rockslide.
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It seems that this rockslide is BIG NEWS.
Blog text (20) -
It shows a rockslide in the mountains.
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In the late 1960s, American Falls was exhibiting some rock building at its base, caused by decades, if not centuries or millennia, of rockslides.
Blog text (5) -
The rumble of a rockslide was still audible fifteen minutes later as the seven men scrambled over an obscure goat path by the light of the moon.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the Unification Board remained incapable of clearing the rockslide blocking the Taggart Tunnel, cross-country transportation was now crippled.
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The heavy rain caused a sudden rockslide that blocked the road.
Synonyms
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3.4
A large mass of earth, rock, or snow moving down a slope
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3.3
A large mass of earth and rock that moves down a hill or cliff
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4.6
A sudden fall of rocks from a cliff or steep slope
A sudden slide of earth or rocks down a slope
A mass of earth and rock that moves down a slope often suddenly
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rockslide is made of two simple words, rock ('stone') and slide ('to move down'). It gives a clear image of stones sliding down a hill or mountain, which is exactly what a rockslide is.