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mudflow

[ muhd-floh ]

noun

, Geology.
  1. a flow of mixed earth debris containing a large amount of water.
  2. the dried-out product of such a flow.


mudflow

/ ˈmʌdˌfləʊ /

noun

  1. geology a flow of soil or fine-grained sediment mixed with water down a steep unstable slope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


mudflow

/ mŭdflō′ /

  1. A downhill movement of soft, wet, unconsolidated earth and debris, made fluid by rain or melted snow and often building up great speed.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mudflow1

First recorded in 1900–05; mud + flow
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Example Sentences

Devastation from the eruption covered 150 square miles with volcanic mudflow, blocks of shattered rock and volcanic debris and sediment in river channels.

Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $80 million to cover costs and damages from the 2017 Thomas fire, a massive blaze in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties that killed two people and later triggered a massive mudflow that resulted in 23 deaths.

Investigators have determined that Southern California Edison power lines ignited the 2017 Thomas fire, a massive blaze in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties that killed two people and later gave rise to a massive mudflow that resulted in at least 21 deaths.

The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Works issued a mudflow alert for homes in the burn scar of the 2020 Ranch 2 Fire.

If water is picking up mud and debris and moving it into a home, that’s a mudflow in insurers’ books.

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