Synonyms for earthquake
ˈɜrθˌkweɪkearth·quake

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1. earthquake, quake, temblor, seismnoun

   shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

   Synonyms:
   seism, quake, temblor

2. earthquakenoun

   a disturbance that is extremely disruptive

   "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"

   Synonyms:
   seism, quake, temblor

Matched Categories

1. • Disturbance

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1. earthquakenoun

   Synonyms:
   earthshock, earth tremor

   Associated words:
   seismology, seismic, seismography, seismometry, seismal, seismometer, seismograph, seismogram, seismoscope, microseism, microseismic, meizoseismal, coscismal, anaseismic, isoseismic

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1. List of paraphrases for "earthquake":

   quake, earthquakes, tremor, seismic, seismological, temblor, quakes, epicenter, seismology

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1. List of known nicknames for "Earthquake":

   Nathaniel Stroman, Nathaniel Martin Stroman

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. earthquake

   Synonyms:
   Quake, seismic activity, tremblor, temor

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How to use earthquake in a sentence?

1. Fabrizio Guzman:

   There were many people afraid, running in the streets, when the shaking started, the earthquake felt really intense and seemed to last for several minutes.

2. The Arx Pax patent:

   In an earthquake, a construction platform floating on a buffer medium may experience greatly reduced shear forces, in a flood, a construction platform floating on a buffer medium can be configured to rise as water levels rise to limit flood damage.

3. Lisa Foxen:

   I kind of was just almost like a deer in headlights, i knew what to do in a hurricane. I knew what to do in an earthquake. But the missile thing is new to me.

4. Christopher Balding:

   If a company like Foxconn moved even symbolic production to a country like Vietnam, that would be an earthquake for China, i do take this as more proof of the move out of China.

5. Len Gengel:

   We look at Brit's text as a gift to us, that three hours before the earthquake, Grand Goave would send that text message and it resonated with us, there's no relief from the poverty here, and we're doing everything we can to help the community in which we live.