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antiearthquake

antiearthquake adjective: preventing damage from earthquakes.

Adjective

antiearthquake (not comparable)

  1. Preventing damage from earthquakes.
    • The earthquake sent tremors down to Tokyo, 190 miles south, where high-rise buildings with the most advanced antiearthquake technology swayed for a couple of minutes.2008 June 14, Norimitsu Onishi, “Northern Japan Quake Kills 2 and Injures Dozens”, in New York Times

Forms of antiearthquake

alternative formanti-earthquake

Origin of antiearthquake

From anti- + earthquake.

Questions about antiearthquake

What does antiearthquake mean?
Antiearthquake means preventing damage from earthquakes.
What part of speech is antiearthquake?
Antiearthquake is an adjective.

Words near antiearthquake in the dictionary

  1. antidysrhythmics
  2. antidystopian
  3. antidystrophin
  4. antie
  5. antiearth
  6. antiearthquake
  7. antieavesdropping
  8. antiecclesiastic
  9. antiecclesiastical
  10. antiechinococcal
  11. antiechinococcosic

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