Earthquake
['ɜːθkweɪk] or ['ɝθ'kwek]
Definition
(noun.) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.
(noun.) a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; 'selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(a.) Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see or feel the earthquake in your dream, denotes business failure and much distress caused from turmoils and wars between nations.
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Examples
- An earthquake-proof steel palace for the Crown Prince of Japan is one of the modern applications of steel in architecture. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Under date of February 12, he writes: This day has been memorable in the annals of Valdivia for the most severe earthquake experienced by the oldes t inhabitant. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He has warned us twice, replied Justinian, as he walked out into the court with the poet; once by the earthquake, again by the springs. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They have braved the storms and sieges of three thousand years, and have been shaken by many an earthquake, but still they stand. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is of old a native of the East, sister of the tornado, the earthquake, and the simoon. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Plague, earthquake, and famine, And tumult and war, The wonderful coming Of Jesus declare! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ah, you see, father, I was right about the earthquake last night! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The throes of a sort of moral earthquake were felt heaving under the hills of the northern counties. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is as if a mighty earthquake had spent all its terrible forces upon this one little spot. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What about the earthquake? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The hill might have been the bottom of the sea, once, and been lifted up, with its oyster-beds, by an earthquake--but, then, how about the crockery? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I feel as if there had been an earthquake, said Jo, as their neighbors went home to breakfast, leaving them to rest and refresh themselves. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I suppose you are thinking of the earthquake? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was the dreaded voice of the earthquake, as they knew only too well; and, with a sudden impulse, all turned to fly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then the earthquake occurred, and we heard the fall of the roof at the cliff entrance. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It must have been an age of great earthquakes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Jamaica is remarkable for earthquakes. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Dr. Woodward gives us another theory of earthquakes. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The Philosophical Transactions furnish us with abundance of histories of earthquakes, particularly one at Oxford in 1665, by Dr. Wallis and Mr. Boyle. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Gibbon couples the Justinian epidemic with the great comet of 531, and with the very frequent and serious earthquakes of that reign. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Do you intend Tamburlaine to represent earthquakes and volcanoes? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Later he stated that either the sea had once stood at a higher level, or that these strata had been raised by the force of earthquakes. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Storms and earthquakes that destroy telegraph systems, enemies that cut submarine cables, cannot prevent the sending of Marconigrams. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Riding through the town, we could see marks of the six Smyrnas that have existed here and been burned up by fire or knocked down by earthquakes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The subterraneous waters may occasion earthquakes by their overflowing, cutting out new courses, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Indeed we have earthquakes occasionally, but not much to speak of. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Look how frequent are earthquakes at Santorin, yet people continue to live there. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Well, in spite of the benefits conferred, it is to be hoped Hephaistos won't interfere this time with his earthquakes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Dr. Lister is of opinion that the material cause of thunder, lightning, and earthquakes, is one and the same, viz. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- At the same time the book contains interesting conjectures in reference to the relati on of earthquakes and volcanoes, and to the fact that comets travel in fixed orbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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