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Earthshaking Definition & Meaning

earthshaking
adjective
  1. loud enough to shake the very earth
  2. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world- shattering"

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What does earthshaking mean?
loud enough to shake the very earth sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world- shattering"
What part of speech is earthshaking?
Earthshaking is an adjective.
How many definitions does earthshaking have?
Earthshaking has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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