how to pronounce обвал

/ɐbˈvaɫ/

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обвал is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of обвал in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… какой-то резкий обвал в кризис и все там …”

meanings of обвал

noun:

Landslide, rockfall (fall of earth, rocks, etc.).
Collapse (of building, stock price, exchange rate, economy, etc.).

обвал frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word обвал occurs in russian on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.