earthshaking
or earth-shak·ing
[ urth-shey-king ]
adjective
imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
Origin of earthshaking
1- Also earth-shat·ter·ing, earth·shat·ter·ing [urth-shat-er-ing] /ˈɜrθˌʃæt ər ɪŋ/ .
Other words from earthshaking
- earthshaker, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for earthshaking
earthshaking
/ (ˈɜːθˌʃeɪkɪŋ) /
adjective
informal of enormous importance or consequence; momentous
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