EARTHSHAKING
\ˈɜːθʃe͡ɪkɪŋ], \ˈɜːθʃeɪkɪŋ], \ˈɜː_θ_ʃ_eɪ_k_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of EARTHSHAKING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering"
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loud enough to shake the very earth
By Princeton University
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