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The earthquake caused a massive landslide, burying a village under tons of debris.

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Sentence

Narrator

The earthquake caused a massive landslide, burying a village under tons of debris.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

News Reporting

A massive landslide, triggered by the earthquake, buried a village under tons of debris.

Describing a Disaster

The earthquake resulted in a devastating landslide that completely covered a nearby village.

Academic Writing

The seismic activity induced a catastrophic landslide, leading to the complete burial of a village under a significant volume of debris.

Personal Account

I witnessed the earthquake; moments later, a huge landslide buried the village, leaving only debris.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The earthquake precipitated a substantial landslide, resulting in the entombment of a village beneath a considerable amount of debris.

Casual

The earthquake caused a huge landslide that buried a village under tons of rubble.

Simpler English

A big earthquake made a landslide that covered a village.

Phrases to learn

massive landslide

A very large and destructive slide of earth and rock.

tons of debris

A large quantity of scattered waste or remains.