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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an overwhelming electoral victory;
- Example: "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide"

2. a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff;
[syn: landslide, landslip]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Landslide \Land"slide`\, Landslip \Land"slip`\, n. 1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. The land which slips down. [1913 Webster] 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

landslide n 1: an overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide" 2: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff [syn: landslide, landslip]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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