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Synonyms for earthquake
ˈɜrθˌkweɪkearth·quake
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Princeton's WordNet
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
earthquakenoun
a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
"selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
earthquakenoun
Synonyms:
earthshock, earth tremorAssociated words:
seismology, seismic, seismography, seismometry, seismal, seismometer, seismograph, seismogram, seismoscope, microseism, microseismic, meizoseismal, coscismal, anaseismic, isoseismic
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "earthquake":
quake, earthquakes, tremor, seismic, seismological, temblor, quakes, epicenter, seismology
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Earthquake":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
earthquake
Synonyms:
Quake, seismic activity, tremblor, temor
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#34004 | tremor | |
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#56358 | seismology | |
#58034 | quakes | |
#80987 | seismological | |
#189021 | temblor | |
#269179 | seism |
How to use earthquake in a sentence?
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.
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.
It's just destruction. There's debris all over the place. it was kind of like a mini-earthquake.
When the earthquake hit that land, all my dreams were scattered, i have to restart again.
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.
Translations for earthquake
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- ardbewingAfrikaans
- terrentrín, tierratremoAragonese
- زلزالArabic
- zəlzələAzerbaijani
- ер тетрәүBashkir
- землятрусBelarusian
- земетресениеBulgarian
- ভূমিকম্পBengali
- kren-douarBreton
- terratrèmolCatalan, Valencian
- zemětřeseníCzech
- daeargrynWelsh
- jordskælvDanish
- ErdbebenGerman
- Εγκέλαδος, σεισμόςGreek
- tertremoEsperanto
- temblor, terremoto, chakaSpanish
- maavärinEstonian
- lurrikaraBasque
- زلزله, زمینلرزهPersian
- maanjäristysFinnish
- jarðskjálvtiFaroese
- séisme, tremblement de terreFrench
- crith talúnIrish
- crith-thalmhainnScottish Gaelic
- sismo, terremoto, terramotoGalician
- רעש אדמה, רעידת אדמהHebrew
- भूकंपHindi
- tranblemanntè, tranblemandtè, tranbleman detèHaitian Creole
- földrengésHungarian
- երկրաշարժArmenian
- gempa bumiIndonesian
- jarðskjálftiIcelandic
- sisma, terremotoItalian
- 地震Japanese
- მიწისძვრაGeorgian
- жер сілкіну, зілзалаKazakh
- nunap sajunneraKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 지진, 地震Korean
- erdhej, بوومهلهرزهKurdish
- terraemotusLatin
- ÄerdbiewenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ແຜ່ນດິນໄຫວLao
- žemės drebėjimasLithuanian
- zemestrīceLatvian
- rū, rūwhenuaMāori
- goyang gempa, gempa, gempa bumi, tanah goyang, linduMalay
- terremotMaltese
- jordskjelvNorwegian
- aardbeving, aardschokDutch
- jordskjelvNorwegian Nynorsk
- kéyah haʼdéísnáNavajo, Navaho
- tèrratremol, tèrratremOccitan
- trzęsienie ziemiPolish
- tremor de terra, terramoto, terremotoPortuguese
- cutremurRomanian
- землетрясениеRussian
- потрес, земљотрес, potres, zemljotresSerbo-Croatian
- zemetrasenieSlovak
- potresSlovene
- tërmetAlbanian
- jordbävningSwedish
- భూకంపంTelugu
- заминларзаTajik
- แผ่นดินไหวThai
- lindolTagalog
- deprem, zelzeleTurkish
- يەر تەۋرەش, زىلزىلەUyghur, Uighur
- землетрусUkrainian
- زلزلہUrdu
- động đất, địa chấn, 地震Vietnamese
- tronnmint d' tereWalloon
- ערטקווייקYiddish
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