Definition of "landslide" []

• The downward sliding of a relatively dry mass of earth and rock. (noun)
• The mass that slides. Also called landslip. (noun)
• An overwhelming majority of votes for a political party or candidate. (noun)
• An election that sweeps a party or candidate into office. (noun)
• A great victory. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Results that would have you believe a Labour landslide is around the coroner for a dying SNP."
• "We build houses-some wealthy, some not so wealthy-all along the Northern Range above the 300 contour, in areas where the soil is well-known to be what we call landslide territory because of the geology of the Northern Range."
• "Hawaii had massive turnout in "landslide" victory for Obama by"