mudflow
Americannoun
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a flow of mixed earth debris containing a large amount of water.
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the dried-out product of such a flow.
noun
Etymology
Origin of mudflow
Example Sentences
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But high on “a dry and barren mudflow, 5,000 feet up on the slopes of Mount St. Helens,” del Moral remembered, it was more like a miracle.
From Literature
On neighbouring Negros Island, where at least 30 people were killed, Kalmaegi's driving rain loosened volcanic mudflow that buried homes in Canlaon City, police Lieutenant Stephen Polinar told AFP on Wednesday.
From Barron's
The word is a portmanteau of mudflow and landslide, and is commonly used to describe debris flows or mudflows.
From Los Angeles Times
There are various types of landslides, including a mudflow, in which water rushes down with only mud, and is generally less than 15 feet deep.
From Los Angeles Times
The company’s power lines ignited the Thomas fire in 2017, a Ventura and Santa Barbara County fire that killed two and created the conditions that led to a mudflow in Montecito that killed 21 people.
From Los Angeles Times
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