Synonyms for earthquake
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : urth-kweyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɜrθˌkweɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for earthquake Other synonyms for the word earthquake
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
- 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
Antonyms for earthquake
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