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  • noun Plural form of rockslide.

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Examples

  • And we also have another image of the kind of rockslides that are taking place on the island of Oahu, as well as the island of the big island, which is closest to the epicenter, just six miles away from the epicenter of this earthquake.

    CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2006 2006

  • A few homes have been damaged and deputies were investigating reports of rockslides along a highway, a Las Animas County Sheriff's Office dispatcher said.

    Largest Colorado quake since 1973 shakes homes 2011

  • Calvo said a secondary highway between the two cities was blocked in two places by rockslides.

    Earthquake rattles Mexico City 2011

  • Descending the rough trail, I ran head over heels in a panic, determined to outrun any rockslides coming my way.

    Fury Jungle | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • So after 2 rockslides later I get about 10 yards above this patch of thick tress & just like I thought some bones looks like a skull of some kind "The horns was poped off the skull when I found him".

    Want to see 180 + ram found on May 3,2009! 2009

  • Several buses carrying Chinese tourists were on a 10-kilometer stretch of Taiwan's Ilan coastal highway that was hit by rockslides on Thursday night.

    Taiwan Rescue Workers Find Bus Missing in Mudslide 2010

  • Me & my father hiked most the day then we started looping around and out towards the suv when we started to come in this rugged thick draw with rockslides & all that good stuff.

    Want to see 180 + ram found on May 3,2009! 2009

  • The President declared a major disaster existeds in the State of Alaska and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and rockslides during the period of October 6-11, 2009.

    The Obama Administration: December 17-31, 2009 2010

  • Federal funding was made available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and rockslides in Kodiak Island Borough.

    The Obama Administration: December 17-31, 2009 2010

  • The President declared a major disaster existeds in the State of Alaska and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and rockslides during the period of October 6-11, 2009.

    Printing: The Obama Administration: December 17-31, 2009 2010

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