world-shaking

[ wurld-shey-king ]

adjective
  1. of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.

Origin of world-shaking

1
First recorded in 1590–1600

Words Nearby world-shaking

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How to use world-shaking in a sentence

  • And this is the way a large number of world-shaking passions begin, since at first we seldom apprehend our potentiality.

    The Passionate Elopement | Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for world-shaking

world-shaking

adjective
  1. of enormous significance; momentous

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