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mudslide

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Etymology

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Frommud +‎slide.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mudslide (pluralmudslides)

  1. Ageological event in whichviscous mud flows down anincline.
    • 2019 July 25, “Chinese landslide kills 15, 30 still missing”, inDeutsche Welle‎[1], archived fromthe original onJuly 25, 2019, News‎[2]:
      Amudslide in the south-western province of Guizhou has resulted in 15 deaths. Thirty people are still missing as the search continues.
    • 2021 July 18, Neil Vigdor, “What Is Flash Flooding, and How Can You Avoid It?”, inThe New York Times‎[3],→ISSN:
      Flooding occurs in areas where the ground is unable to absorb all of the water, according to forecasters, who explained that flash flooding can also be caused bymudslides or breaks in dams or levees.
  2. A mixeddrink consisting ofvodka,Kahlúa andBaileys.
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace,Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.:Little, Brown and Company,→ISBN,page997:
      […] and seem able to function during A.M. drills even after several parasolledMudslides or the House-Specialty Blue Flame cognac-based things you have to blow out before sipping from their huge blue-rimmed snifters.

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Translations

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geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope

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