Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flowing mass of soft, wet, unconsolidated earth and fine-grained debris, made fluid by rain or melted snow and often building up great speed.
- noun The deposit resulting from such a flow.
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- noun A type of
landslide characterized by large flows ofmud andwater . - noun The dried-out product of such a flow. Also called
mudslide , mudspate.
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Examples
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He has insisted that the mudflow was a "natural disaster" triggered by an earthquake, and so far his boss, the president, has kept mum about Bakrie's involvement in the case.
Jakarta Drifts 2007
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Included in the stockpile were mostly those gravels which the Company has identified as 'mudflow' as well as a limited amount of gravels that the Company considers normal 'pay' gravels gravels that the Company has identified as its main resource.
unknown title 2011
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And while we'll certainly look forward to following the "mudflow" coming out of 1600
FITSNews 2009
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The government says the mudflow has finally slowed to 10,000 cubic meters of mud, water and gas a day, and that at that rate the enormous lake of mud contained by dikes is far more manageable.
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The government says the mudflow has finally slowed to 10,000 cubic meters of mud, water and gas a day, and that at that rate the enormous lake of mud contained by dikes is far more manageable.
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LOS ANGELES — A series of winter storms bearing down on California Saturday was threatening parts of the state with flooding, and officials were posting mudflow warnings in areas recently affected by wildfires ahead of this weekend's rains.
Long, Wet Week Ahead AP 2010
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Rain was lighter than expected in Highland in San Bernardino County, where 50 homes remain evacuated after being swamped by a pre-Christmas mudflow and more than 100,000 sandbags had been used to build walls to keep more muck out of the community.
New Storm Brings More Worries To Rain Saturated Areas AP 2010
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Rain was lighter than expected in Highland in San Bernardino County, where 50 homes remain evacuated after being swamped by a pre-Christmas mudflow and more than 100,000 sandbags had been used to build walls to keep more muck out of the community.
New Storm Brings More Worries To Rain Saturated Areas AP 2010
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Somewhere, you might want to bring in the Lusi mudflow in Indonesia.
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LOS ANGELES — A series of winter storms bearing down on California Saturday was threatening parts of the state with flooding, and officials were posting mudflow warnings in areas recently affected by wildfires ahead of this weekend's rains.
Long, Wet Week Ahead AP 2010
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