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mud slide

American  

noun

Geology.
  1. mudflow.


Etymology

Origin of mud slide

First recorded in 1920–25


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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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