quake

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Rossini declined to list the suspicious buildings, but among the buildings that crumbled or have been designated uninhabitable by the quake are a university dormitory and a hospital, both of which were built after seismic standards had been raised.

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  1. intransitive verb To shake or tremble, as from instability or shock.
  2. intransitive verb To shiver, as with cold or from strong emotion. See Synonyms at shake.
  3. noun An instance of quaking.
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  • There's a reason for that—and that reason is, simply, that a quake is always possible anywhere. —  Pohl, Frederik ; Williamson, Jack - [Undersea 03] - Undersea City [MNQ]
  • He told me his fears about Krakatoa, and his hopes that the quake might be averted—not only here, but everywhere—by the application of his technique. —  Pohl, Frederik ; Williamson, Jack - [Undersea 03] - Undersea City [MNQ]
  • "The good news is that the quake was as small as it was," she was saying. —  FAULT LINE
  • I'm glad this quake was a small one, but it's a reminder of just how little most of us know about Afghanistan. —  Lincoln Madison
  • As many as 150 feared dead in Italian quake, rescue official says —  CBC | Top Stories News
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earthquake ·  tornado ·  cyclone ·  eruption ·  tremble ·  typhoon ·  landslide ·  tremor ·  explosion ·  recession ·  flood ·  catastrophe

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quake:   quakes ·  quaking
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian.

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  1. from Middle English quaken, cwaken (preterit quakede, also quoke, quok, quoc), from Anglo-Saxon cwacian (preterit cwacode) (whence causative cweccan, cause to shake, wag: see quitch); perhaps akin to quick.
  2. from Middle English quake; from quake, v.
  3. British Guiana.
 

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