Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mass of volcanic fragments, often mixed with water, moving rapidly down the side of a volcano.
- noun The deposit produced by a lahar.
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- noun geology A
volcanic mudflow .
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- noun an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Active river channels and those perennially identified as lahar prone in the southern sector should also be avoided especially during bad weather conditions or when there is heavy and prolonged rainfall.
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Active river channels and those perennially identified as lahar prone in the southern sector should also be avoided especially during bad weather conditions or when there is heavy and prolonged rainfall.
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Active river channels and those perennially identified as lahar prone in the southern sector should also be avoided especially during bad weather conditions or when there is heavy and prolonged rainfall.
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Active river channels and those perennially identified as lahar prone in the southern sector should also be avoided especially during bad weather conditions or when there is heavy and prolonged rainfall.
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Active river channels and those perennially identified as lahar prone in the southern sector should also be avoided especially during bad weather conditions or when there is heavy and prolonged rainfall.
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Active river channels and those perennially identified as lahar prone in the southern sector should also be avoided especially during bad weather conditions or when there is heavy and prolonged rainfall.
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Active river channels and those perennially identified as lahar prone in the southern sector should also be avoided especially during bad weather conditions or when there is heavy and prolonged rainfall.
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This combined with the tons of volcanic ash and debris that had collected on Mayon's slopes, creating a fast-moving avalanche of mud and boulders called lahar, destroying villages and leaving 1,266 people dead.
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This combined with the tons of volcanic ash and debris that had collected on Mayon's slopes, creating a fast-moving avalanche of mud and boulders called lahar, destroying villages and leaving 1,266 people dead.
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In extreme scenarios, a flood becomes a massive debris flow known as a lahar-a deadly tsunami of mud, boulders, and uprooted trees that can gouge 100-foot-deep gullies, flatten forests, and jump longstanding banks.
unknown title 2009
colleen commented on the word lahar
A mud-flow of volcanic ash mixed with water. (OED)
March 11, 2007
qms commented on the word lahar
A solid that flows, cold and plastic,
A smothering river fantastic -
It's swift and bizarre,
The deadly lahar,
Cruel gruel of debris pyroclastic.
January 25, 2015
MaryW commented on the word lahar
Andrew Arbuckle
@AndrewArbuckle
There is literally nothing scarier than a pyroclastic flow or lahar....maybe a tsunami, but damn!
May 1, 2016