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icequake

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[ahys-kweyk] / ˈaɪsˌkweɪk /

noun

  1. a disturbance, especially a vibration or series of vibrations, caused by the breaking up of large ice masses.

Etymology

Origin of icequake

First recorded in 1890–95; ice + (earth)quake

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