Defenition of the word earthquake
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Defenition of the word earthquake
- The violent shaking of the ground produced by deep seismic waves, originating from the epicentre.
- shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"
- a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
Synonyms for the word earthquake
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- quake
- seism
- seismic activity
- shake
- shaking
- shock
- temblor
- trembling
- tremor
- underground eruption
- upheaval
- volcanic activity
Similar words in the earthquake
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- earthquake
- earthquake's
- earthquaked
- earthquakes
Hyponyms for the word earthquake
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- earth tremor
- microseism
- seaquake
- seismic disturbance
- shock
- submarine earthquake
- tremor
Hypernyms for the word earthquake
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- commotion
- disaster
- disruption
- disturbance
- flutter
- geological phenomenon
- geology
- hoo-ha
- hoo-hah
- hurly burly
- kerfuffle
- seismology
- stir
- to-do
Idioms for the word earthquake
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- record an earthquake
- devastating earthquake
- an earthquake strikes off
- planned earthquake
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