Earthquake and Shake

Earthquake

Earthquake noun - A shaking of the earth.
Usage example: the San Andreas Fault is notorious for its earthquakes
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Synonyms for Earthquake

Shake is a synonym for earthquake (American) in move topic. In some cases you can use "Shake" instead a noun "Earthquake", when it comes to topics like quake, trembler, tremor from inside the earth. informal substitute

Shake

Shake noun - A shaking of the earth.
Usage example: the shake was a modest 3.1 on the Richter scale

Earthquake is a synonym for shake in move topic. You can use "Earthquake" instead a noun "Shake", if it concerns topics such as trembler.

Nearby Words: shaky, shaking, shaken, shakedown, shaker

How words are described

human human earthquake human shake
short short earthquake short shake
real real earthquake real shake
large large earthquake large shake
Other adjectives: serious, huge, little, giant, aforementioned, fire-spitting, head-splitting.

Both words in one sentence

  • One Must Fall features some camera shake when either player slams the other into a wall or the Nova does its Earthquake Smash special move.
  • Reality Changing Miniature When they shake the box, it causes an earthquake, and when Fry sits on the box, the picture becomes stretched out and flattened.
  • Literature / Gate In the anime, the JSDF warn the Special Region locals that an "earth-shake" is about to occur, one even corrects himself from "earthquake".
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