worldquake

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noun

An earthshaking event.

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Meanings

nounworldquake (plural worldquakes)

plural worldquakes

  1. An earthshaking event.

    The French Revolution struck Europe as though it was the epicentre of a worldquake.

    2018, Vybarr Cregan-Reid, Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us

Origin

From world + quake.

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Cite this entry
APA

worldquake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worldquake

MLA

“worldquake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worldquake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worldquake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worldquake.

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