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Synonyms for earthquake
ˈɜrθˌkweɪkearth·quake

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. earthquake, quake, temblor, seismnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    seism, quake, temblor

  2. earthquakenoun

    a disturbance that is extremely disruptive

    "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"

    Synonyms:
    seism, quake, temblor

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  1. earthquakenoun

    Synonyms:
    earthshock, earth tremor

    Associated words:
    seismology, seismic, seismography, seismometry, seismal, seismometer, seismograph, seismogram, seismoscope, microseism, microseismic, meizoseismal, coscismal, anaseismic, isoseismic

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Earthquake":

    Nathaniel Stroman, Nathaniel Martin Stroman

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD2.3 / 3 votes

  1. earthquake

    Synonyms:
    Quake, seismic activity, tremblor, temor

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#10716quake
#13748seismic
#16009earthquakes
#34004tremor
#47848epicenter
#56358seismology
#58034quakes
#80987seismological
#189021temblor
#269179seism

How to use earthquake in a sentence?

  1. Ozer Sencar:

    After the earthquake, Erdogan’s popularity decreased by only 1 point, while Kilicdaroglu’s popularity decreased by 5 points, all these data show that the losses of the government and Erdogan due to the earthquake are at a level that can be compensated.

  2. Miguel Rodriguez:

    We're all grasping at straws as to what to do with the earthquake families, obviously, it isn't as large of a movement as after Hurricane Maria. ... But these are hundreds of households who are homeless, who are suffering from PTSD, who have been hit by two traumas -- Hurricane Hurricane Maria and now the earthquakes.

  3. Von Ness:

    It's just destruction. There's debris all over the place. it was kind of like a mini-earthquake.

  4. Pushpa Basnet:

    When the earthquake hit that land, all my dreams were scattered, i have to restart again.

  5. Lisa Foxen:

    I kind of was just almost like a deer in headlights, i knew what to do in a hurricane. I knew what to do in an earthquake. But the missile thing is new to me.


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