mud slide
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mud slide
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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When reading a statement she had previously made to the police, she became emotional as she described the mud slide being like a "lava flow".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025
Because the shower facilities were also near the bathrooms, the clean supply of water mixed in with runoff from the nearby porta-potties to create a nasty slush that looked like a mud slide.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2022
Oaxaca state’s civil defense agency showed images of families hustling into a shelter in Pochutla and a rock and mud slide that blocked the highway between that town and the state capital, Oaxaca de Juárez.
From Washington Post • May 30, 2022
Oaxaca state’s civil defense agency showed families hustling into a shelter in Pochutla and a rock and mud slide that blocked a highway.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2022
The school could have been buried in a mud slide.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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