- a variation of epicenter.
epicentre
Britishnoun
-
the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake or underground nuclear explosion Compare focus
-
informal the absolute centre of something
the epicentre of world sprinting
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of epicentre
C19: from New Latin epicentrum, from Greek epikentros over the centre, from epi- + kentron needle; see centre
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Complicating the response effort, health workers at the epicentre of the epidemic told AFP they had not been paid since the virus was detected.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Most of those are in the epicentre, the coastal La Guaira area.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
General Santos, the city near the quake's epicentre, is known as the Philippines' tuna capital.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
The EU said it had flown in 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid Sunday -- including medicine, tents and protective gear to fight the haemorrhagic fever -- to hard-to-reach Ituri province, the epicentre of the epidemic.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
Major Dutton therefore infers that the epicentre must be on a line drawn nearly through the 16-mile point at right angles to the railway.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
