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superquakes

superquakes is the plural of superquake.

Meaning of superquake

Noun

superquake (plural superquakes)

  1. (rare) An extremely destructive, large-scale quake, often an earthquake of such magnitude; megaseism; megaquake
    • In January 1973, Newsweek magazine reported an earthquake somewhere in the world , and added: "It was not a superquake as earth tremors go."1978, Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics, Volumes 11-12, A. Ross Eckler, page 104

Questions about superquakes

What is superquakes the plural of?
Superquakes is the plural of superquake.

Words near superquakes in the dictionary

  1. superpyramidal
  2. superquadratic
  3. superquadric
  4. superquadrics
  5. superquake
  6. superquakes
  7. superqualities
  8. superquality
  9. superquantum
  10. superqueero
  11. superqueeroes

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