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Another word for earthquake

earthquake Synonyms

earthquake

n.

quake, tremor, temblor, tremblor, trembler, earthquake shock, shock, fault, slip, movement of the earth's surface, movement of the earth's crust, earth tremor, microseism, seismic upheaval, aftershock; an earthquake registering one, two, etc., points on the Richter scale; secondary tremor, tertiary tremor, volcanic quake, shake*, wiggler*.

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Another word for earthquake

noun

A shaking of the earth:

quake, seism, temblor, tremblor, tremor. (Informal) shake. See move, repetition

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The city was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1766, and again in 1797.
Palo Alto suffered severely in the earthquake of 1906.
The earthquake grew more intense.
In 1894 the town suffered from an earthquake, though less severely than in 1783.
Meanwhile there had been a frightful earthquake in 1822, and a visitation of cholera in the following year.

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