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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Just a few days later, their challenges would end after a mudslide and freak knee injury respectively.
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 8 July 2025
High water, mudslides and rockslides caused more than 550 state road closures, and assessments soon found several bridges with damage, including KY 1462 in Marshall County and Tim Road bridge in Graves County.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Despite its dry climate, the city gets heavy rain from December to January, which can lead to mudslides.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Thousands of motorists were stranded for more than eight hours along a section of rural interstate highway in southern West Virginia early Friday after a mudslide caused by heavy rains blocked a storm drain the previous night, flooding and completely shutting down the northbound lanes.
—CBS News, 28 June 2025
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 8 July 2025
High water, mudslides and rockslides caused more than 550 state road closures, and assessments soon found several bridges with damage, including KY 1462 in Marshall County and Tim Road bridge in Graves County.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Despite its dry climate, the city gets heavy rain from December to January, which can lead to mudslides.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Thousands of motorists were stranded for more than eight hours along a section of rural interstate highway in southern West Virginia early Friday after a mudslide caused by heavy rains blocked a storm drain the previous night, flooding and completely shutting down the northbound lanes.
—CBS News, 28 June 2025
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“Mudslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mudslide. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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