Usage of "rock avalanche"

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Type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event.

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Type of landslide caused by rock failure.

Synonyms

Examples for "rockslide"

He would hear the rockslide coming and would jump to the side. 
 The hangman's daughter 

It was part screech, part monstrous rockslide, part prolonged and hollow groan. 
 Cities in Flight 

As she walked to a rockslide at the back, Jondalar followed her. 
 The Valley of Horses 

On this barren rockslide even a dislodged pebble would give her away. 
 Geomancer (Well of Echoes) 

When he spoke his native language, he sounded like an angry rockslide. 
 The Name of the Wind 

My idea was to get above them, and I didn't want my party swept into space by a stone avalanche. 
 With Kelly to Chitral 

Tsunamis can form whenever water is vertically displaced, whether by seafloor earthquake, volcanic debris avalanche, or underwater eruption. 
 Wired 

Usage of rock avalanche in English

Then I was startled by a sudden thundering crash as if a rock avalanche had come to the help of the roaring waters. 
 The Yosemite 

Operation Rock Avalanche abruptly goes from a search-and-destroy mission to a desperate attempt to get the gear back. 
 War 

Translations for rock avalanche

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Meanings of rock avalanche in English