"rockfall" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1964 December, Mark Bourne, “The rejuvenation of the Cambrian line”, in Modern Railways, page 390",
          "text": "A 200-ton rockfall recently blocked the Machynlleth sidings, trapping several locomotives; a rock-slip on the approach embankment to Talerddig required expensive revetting last year; and on the coastal section to Barmouth an 80 foot-high stone revetment was completed some time ago at Friog; [...].",
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        "A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc."
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          "word": "scree"
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          "word": "rockslide"
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          "word": "rock fall"
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          "roman": "svlačište",
          "sense": "a quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff",
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          "word": "свлачище"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff",
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          "word": "Steinschlag"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff",
          "word": "kőomlás"
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          "alt": "がけくずれ",
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          "roman": "gakekuzure",
          "sense": "a quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff",
          "word": "崖崩れ"
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          "sense": "a quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff",
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          "roman": "kamnepád",
          "sense": "a quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff",
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          "word": "камнепа́д"
        }
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        "rockfall"
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    },
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      "sense": "a quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff",
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    },
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      "word": "崖崩れ"
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      "sense": "a quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff",
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