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earthquake

/ˈɝθkweɪk/noun2 syllables

Earthquake means: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity.

Synonyms for earthquake7

noun, as in shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

quake, temblor, seism

also used for earthquake

earthdin, terremote, tremblor, tremor

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What does earthquake mean?2

noun

1

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

2

a disturbance that is extremely disruptive“selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Earthquake in a sentence

  • There was an earthquake and, in addition, there was a tsunami.CM
  • When an earthquake occurs, what will you do first?Eldad
  • In an earthquake, the ground can shake up and down, or back and forth.CM
  • After the earthquake, people stared into the deep hole in the ground in surprise.unknown
  • In case of an earthquake, turn off the gas.CK
  • According to some scholars, a major earthquake could occur at any moment now.CK
  • While we were having tea, there was an earthquake.adjusting
  • If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!FeuDRenais

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Forms of earthquake

as a noun

plural
earthquakes