mudslide
noun
mud·slide
ˈməd-ˌslīd 
1
: mudflow
2
: a cocktail made with coffee liqueur, vodka, and cream
Examples of mudslide in a Sentence
The heavy rain triggered a mudslide.
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Southern California was being pounded by a major storm Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings and fears of mudslides.
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Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Mario Tama / Getty Images The Pacific Coast Highway was closed early Thursday and lined with concrete barriers in the Palisades and Eaton fire areas, two months after homes and businesses there were devastated and the landscape left vulnerable to mudslides and subsidence.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Light rain began to fall in California Wednesday afternoon as the state braced for the arrival of a major Pacific storm by enacting road closures and issuing evacuation warnings in parts of Los Angeles and Malibu vulnerable to mudslides and debris flows.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
California regulators are warning homeowners, especially those still recovering from the January wildfires in Los Angeles County, of an incoming atmospheric river which will increase the risk of mudslides in the Golden State.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Mario Tama / Getty Images The Pacific Coast Highway was closed early Thursday and lined with concrete barriers in the Palisades and Eaton fire areas, two months after homes and businesses there were devastated and the landscape left vulnerable to mudslides and subsidence.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Light rain began to fall in California Wednesday afternoon as the state braced for the arrival of a major Pacific storm by enacting road closures and issuing evacuation warnings in parts of Los Angeles and Malibu vulnerable to mudslides and debris flows.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
California regulators are warning homeowners, especially those still recovering from the January wildfires in Los Angeles County, of an incoming atmospheric river which will increase the risk of mudslides in the Golden State.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Mudslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mudslide. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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