Earthquake

What do we mean by earthquake?

A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity. noun

A movement or vibration of a part of the earth's crust. noun

Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; startling. adjective

A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock. noun

A bell signal constructed to operate on the theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power. noun

A disturbance that is extremely disruptive noun

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

A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

(planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.

Words that are spelled similarly to earthquake:
earthquake, earthquave, earth quake, earthquakes, earthdrake, heartquake.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word earthquake:
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Words that rhyme with earthquake:
awake, break, take, cake, make, forsake, snake, wake, stake, shake, opaque, mistake, rake, partake, undertake, lake, brake, sake, steak, fake, ache, flake, overtake, intake, pancake, bake, namesake, uptake, drake, betake, headache, snowflake, jake, slake, retake, quake, outbreak, hake, rattlesnake, caique, remake, keepsake, mandrake, blake, strake, crake, handshake, piece of cake, heartache, daybreak, heartbreak, cupcake, yake, ake, bellyache, cheesecake, double take, milkshake, spake, sweepstake, outtake, fruitcake, shortcake, backache, pound cake, pake, beefsteak, kittiwake, haik, muckrake, shaykh, hot cake, paik, claik, give and take, oxbow lake, potato pancake, fish cake, hotcake, naik, dake, green snake, stomach ache, king snake, shaikh, clake, straik, scotch pancake, strip steak, angel cake, shaik, milk snake, johnny cake, coffee break, carpet snake, crumb cake, milk shake, tax break, marble cake, coral snake.

Adjectives that are often used to describe earthquake:
great, major, severe, terrible, violent, devastating, large, strong, recent, disastrous, big, destructive, massive, political, next, alaskan, dreadful, catastrophic, tremendous, mighty, powerful, japanese, largest, minor, serious, moral, slight, armenian, chilean, late, moderate, famous, worst, huge, greatest, sudden, damaging, terrific, submarine, calabrian, future, distant, fearful, impending, strongest, oki, mild, undersea, credible, awful, neapolitan, underwater, frightful, maximum, artificial, giant, shallow, occasional, chi, mexican, sharp, ken, memorable, cataclysmic, italian, tragic, biggest, peruvian, appalling.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective earthquake:
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Words that sound like earthquake:
earthquake, earth quake, earthquakes, earth quakes, reawake, rewake, youthquake, rock cake, rock chick, rocklike, rock creek, rockchuck, rucksack, workweek, earthwork, work week, rickrack, ricrac, earth wax, rewoke, seaquake, rockwell, rockaway, rock you, rockwall, brockway, rahway, rock brake, rock snake, rock wool, ricki lake, rake, require, requests, remake, retake, requite, rice cake, recog, ritwik, earthshaker, remak, reweigh, rojek, rum cake, heartquake, roguelike, roquet, earth core.