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seaquake

noun
/ˈsiˌkweɪk/

Etymology

From sea + quake.

  1. inherited from *kwakōną✻ — “to shake, quiver, tremble”
  2. inherited from cwacian — “to quake, tremble, chatter”
  3. inherited from quaken
  4. compounded as seaquake — “sea + quake”

Definitions

  1. A hydrostatic pressure disturbance caused by an earthquake or volcano in the seabed.

The neighborhood

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