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1. (n.) earthquake
a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.
2. earthquake
something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
Etymology: (1300–50)
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1. (noun) earthquake, quake, temblor, seism
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
2. (noun) earthquake
a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
"selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"
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1. (noun) earthquake
a violent movement of the earth
the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
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1. (adj) Earthquake
like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling
2. (noun) Earthquake
a shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock
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Sense: a shaking of the earth's surface
The village was destroyed by an earthquake.
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 Afrikaans: aardbewing |
 Arabic: زِلْزال |
 Bulgarian: земетерсение |
 Brazilian: terremoto |
 Czech: zemětřesení |
 German: das Erdbeben |
 Danish: jordskælv |
 Greek: σεισμός |
 Spanish: terremoto |
 Estonian: maavärin |
 Farsi: زمین لرزه؛ زلزله |
 Finnish: maanjäristys |
 French: tremblement de terre |
 Hebrew: רְעִידַת אֲדָמָה |
 Hindi: भूकम्प |
 Croatian: potres |
 Hungarian: földrengés |
 Indonesian: gempa bumi |
 Icelandic: jarðskjálfti |
 Italian: terremoto |
 Japanese: 地震 |
 Korean: 지진 |
 Lithuanian: žemės drebėjimas |
 Latvian: zemestrīce |
 Malay: gempa bumi |
 Dutch: aardbeving |
 Norwegian: jordskjelv |
 Polish: trzęsienie ziemi |
 Persian: زمین لرزه؛ زلزله |
 Pashto: زلزله |
 Portuguese: tremor de terra |
 Romanian: cutremur |
 Russian: землетрясение |
 Slovak: zemetrasenie |
 Slovenian: potres |
 Serbian: zemljotres |
 Swedish: jordbävning |
 Thai: แผ่นดินไหว |
 Turkish: deprem |
 Taiwanese: 地震 |
 Ukrainian: землетрус |
 Urdu: زلزلہ |
 Vietnamese: động đất |
 Chinese: 地震 |
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