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rockslide
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rock·slide  (rksld)
n.
1. The usually rapid downward movement of newly detached segments of bedrock.
2. The rock mass that has reached its current position through such a movement.
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Noun1.rockslide - a landslide of rocksrockslide - a landslide of rocks                
landslip, landslide - a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff


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CAIRO: Over a year after a massive rockslide killed an estimated 107 people, Cairenes living in unsafe slum areas remain at risk from rockslides and other dangers, Amnesty International said in a report issued yesterday.
Several rockslides have occurred in the area in the past, the previous most deadly incident killing 70 people in the adjacent district of Zabaleen in 1993.
Several rockslides occurred in the area previously, the most deadly of which killed 70 people in the adjacent district of Zabaleen in 1993.
 
 
 
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