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quake

DEFINITIONS OF: quake

1

v shake with fast, tremulous movements

Synonyms:
palpitate, quiver
Type of:
tremble
move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways

v shake with seismic vibrations

“The earth was quaking”
Synonyms:
tremor
Type of:
agitate, shake
move or cause to move back and forth

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

Synonyms:
earthquake, seism, temblor
Types:
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seismic disturbance, shock
an instance of agitation of the earth's crust
earth tremor, microseism, tremor
a small earthquake
seaquake, submarine earthquake
an earthquake at the sea bed
aftershock
a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake
foreshock
a tremor preceding an earthquake
Type of:
geological phenomenon
a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
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