seismic

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  1. adjective Of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
  2. adjective Earthshaking: an issue of seismic proportions and ramifications.

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  • However, so seismic are the shifts that it is inevitable that old business models will be replaced, and with them will fall the companies which cling most tightly onto redundant models. —  home
  • Italy's Civil Protection Agency reassured locals at the end of March that tremors being felt were "absolutely normal" for a seismic area. —  ta tvnz national headlines auto group
  • This prompted Italy's Civil Protection Agency to reassure locals at the end of March that tremors being felt were 'absolutely normal' for a seismic area. —  Home | Mail Online
  • On both of these seismic issues, the leaders of the democracies are either burying their heads in the sand or are actively bringing them into being. —  Ghost of a flea
  • DEMAND for Scottish food has increased in a "seismic" shift over the past year, a minister said yesterday. —  We Blog A Lot
 

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  1. from Greek σεισ, σ1μός, an earthquake, + -ic.
 

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/ˈsaɪsmɪk/
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