How is the phrase glissement de terrain translated from French to English

English translation
Landslide
noun

Masse de terre qui dévale une pente.

A mass of earth sliding down a slope.

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  • Un glissement de terrain a bloqué la route de montagne. — A landslide blocked the mountain road.

  • Elle a remporté l'élection par un raz-de-marée. — She won the election in a landslide.

  • De fortes pluies peuvent déclencher un glissement de terrain sur cette pente. — Heavy rain can trigger a landslide on that slope.

  • Notre délégué de classe a gagné par un raz-de-marée. — Our class rep won by a landslide.

  • Les secouristes ont creusé dans la boue après le glissement de terrain. — Rescuers dug through mud after the landslide.

  • Était-ce vraiment un raz-de-marée, ou une victoire serrée ? — Was it really a landslide, or just a narrow win?

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