1 (also landfall) a mass of earth, rock, etc. that falls down the slope of a mountain or a cliff:
The house was buried beneath a landslide.
seealsoLANDSLIP
2 an election in which one person or party gets very many more votes than the other people or parties:
She was expected to win by a landslide. * Labour's landslide victory of 1997
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