world-shaking
[wurld-shey-king]
- of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
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Origin of world-shaking
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Contemporary Examples of world-shaking
Not long afterward came the world-shaking news of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Historical Examples of world-shaking
The world-shaking conceptions have always been won in profound experience.
Understanding the ScripturesFrancis McConnell
A soil which even to Noah was the destined theatre of world-shaking war!
Ghetto TragediesIsrael Zangwill
All it needs is the electric spark to cause the world-shaking explosion.
The Air TrustGeorge Allan England
Verily it was only a day of small things, of very humble ambitions, of far from world-shaking successes!
The History of Sir Richard CalmadyLucas Malet
My Midshipmite, being a hardy veteran in world-shaking naval battles, permitted himself to smile.
Great Britain at WarJeffery Farnol
world-shaking
- of enormous significance; momentous
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