earthquake

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noun

1. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity (Freq. 17)
• Syn:
quake, temblor, seism
• Derivationally related forms:
seismic (for: seism), seismal (for: seism), quake (for: quake)
• Hypernyms:
geological phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
shock, seismic disturbance, tremor, earth tremor, microseism,
seaquake, submarine earthquake
2. a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
- selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees
• Hypernyms:
disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly,
to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  quake, temblor, seism