English-Dutch translations for landslide

  • aardverschuiving
    De MKZ-crisis in 2001 was in Nederland een voorbode van de politieke aardverschuiving in 2002. The foot and mouth crisis of 2001 heralded the political landslide of 2002. Vindt de Europese Commissie het acceptabel dat een aardverschuiving de Itoiz-dam kan ontregelen en de kerncentrale van Ascó kan bedreigen? Does the European Commission find it acceptable that a landslide could dislocate the operation of the Itoiz dam and threaten the Ascó nuclear power station?
  • lawine
    Het harm reduction-verhaal is slechts de kiezelsteen die de lawine aan het rollen moet brengen. The old chestnut of harm reduction is only the pebble that sets the landslide rolling. Wij moeten voorkomen dat onze berggebieden braak liggen, dat zij door lawines en aardverschuivingen afslijten. Our mountain regions must not be invaded by wasteland, or damaged by avalanches and landslides.

Definition of landslide

  • A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path
  • To undergo a landslide

Examples

  • The candidate won by a landslide.

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