rock slide

collocation in English

meaningsofrockandslide

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rock
noun
uk
/rɒk/us
/rɑːk/
the dry solid part of the earth's surface, or any large piece of this that sticks up out of the ground or ...
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slide
noun
uk
/slaɪd/us
/slaɪd/
a sudden movement of a large mass of mud (= wet earth) or rock down ...
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(Definition ofrockandslidefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thisrockslidehas become polished and is now an attraction to visitors.
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Arockslidein 1873 destroyed much of the cultivated land.
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It is on a scree slope from a prehistoricrockslide.
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They are usually pictographs, but may also include wording, such as fallen rock, falling rock, orrockslide.
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During the 14th century it was abandoned, probably due to a massiverockslide.
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The naturalrockslidecan be dangerous and the occasional flash flooding occurs without warning, with a sudden increase in the water volume.
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It was closed due to arockslidein about 1732.
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When arockslideoccurs, the fence moves laterally, causing the plug to be removed, breaking the circuit.
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All fire suppression activities are based from an "anchor point" (such as lake,rockslide, road or other natural or artificial fire break).
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The trail is the remains of a former narrow gauge funicular railway whose tracks washed out during arockslidein 1990.
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Nyrysa, created by arockslidein the late 1950s, is the only easy place to land and is the location of a weather station.
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They spent the night at the base of arockslideand discovered a vein of galena.
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When arockslideoccurs, the rock breaks one or more of the wires, interrupting the current.
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The first team to unlock their lock would win a trip to a waterfallrockslideand a picnic lunch.
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This causes the relay to become de-energized, indicating that arockslidehas occurred.
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Although work began in 2003, river flooding, poor soil stability, arockslide, and potentially problematic formwork all caused setbacks in the building process.
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The creek cascades through a mossyrockslidelined with ferns, until rocky ledges of basalt break the water into various lacy streams.
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Dropping down off the ridge they managed to find arockslidewith little to no vegetation.
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