landslide

noun

1. A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

   “Near-synonym: mudflow”

   “The landslides Wednesday in Zhejiang province, south of the financial hub of Shanghai, followed Typhoon Megi, which brought heavy rains and high winds to China and Taiwan this past week.[…] The second landslide in Wencheng county killed five people, with one person still missing, an official at the county’s flood control office said Saturday.”

2. A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

   “The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.”

verb

1. To undergo a landslide.

   “So it landslid mightily, carrying off greens and fairways and all.”