landslip

• The narrow opening prevents it from moving off in a landslip, but an oozing spring rises at that spot. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I
• He described this as a kind of landslip , I remember, and his idea was that human beings could only have a small crop of hair, and that a good crop on the chin meant a failure higher up. —  Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman
• Six people were killed and at least seven others were reported missing in Maco town, in Compostela Valley, following the landslip which was triggered by days of heavy rain. —  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
• We still see the remnants of these ice blocks on the river bed along with massive rocks from the landslip (also very active we are told). —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
• The incident gave those in the boat a shock, for the landslip occurred not far from the spot which Van der Kemp had reached, but as he still stood there in apparent safety there seemed no cause for alarm till it was observed that the climber remained quite still for a long time and seemed to have no intention of moving God help him!" —  Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago

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