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Synonyms for earthquake


Grammar : Noun
Spell : urth-kweyk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɜrθˌkweɪk

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Définition of earthquake

Origin :
  • late 13c., eorthequakynge, from earth + quake (n.). In this sense Old English had eorðdyn, eorðhrernes, eorðbeofung, eorðstyren.
  • noun tremor from inside the earth
Example sentences :
  • In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Any interruption, even an earthquake, at that moment must have been welcome to Vargrave.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • God in His mercy brought on the earthquake: it woke me and saved me from death.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • He had a feeling that an earthquake had opened the ground at his feet.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • God is not in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but in the still small voice.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • You cannot know what an earthquake you have opened at my feet.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • The dome of the church was destroyed by an earthquake so late as 1864.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • It is said that some shocks of earthquake in New Zealand have been felt in Tasmania.
  • Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton
  • What does he bring us in exchange for this earthquake of opinion?
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • The whole of his being was deeply disturbed, as if by an earthquake.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

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