Sekirov Dictionary

earthquake

UK /ˈɜːθkweɪk/US /ˈɝθkweɪk/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

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a strong movement of the ground that shakes buildings, happening when rock deep below suddenly breaks
- Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake. — 1590
•
Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
- The wave patterns, too, are strikingly different: The secondary (S) waves and surface waves on lunar seismograms are not generally as clearly defined and distinct as are those of earthquakes. — 2006
(figurative) A sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event.

verb1

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To undergo an earthquake.
- Watch the Philippines very closely for the next little while. There is rumbling and earthquaking deep within Pinatubo and increased earthquaking within Mayon. — 1993

forms

earthquaked · earthquaking · earthquakes

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