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worldquake

worldquake noun: an earthshaking event.

Noun

worldquake (plural worldquakes)

  1. An earthshaking event.
    • The French Revolution struck Europe as though it was the epicentre of a worldquake.2018, Vybarr Cregan-Reid, Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us

Forms of worldquake

pluralworldquakes

Origin of worldquake

From world + quake.

Questions about worldquake

What does worldquake mean?
Worldquake means an earthshaking event.
What part of speech is worldquake?
Worldquake is a noun.
What is the plural of worldquake?
The plural of worldquake is worldquakes.

Words near worldquake in the dictionary

  1. worldness
  2. worldproof
  3. worldproofed
  4. worldproofing
  5. worldproofs
  6. worldquake
  7. worldquakes
  8. worlds
  9. worlds apart
  10. worlds away
  11. Worlds End

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