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    TEMBLOR

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activityplay

    Synonyms:

    earthquake; quake; seism; temblor

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Hypernyms ("temblor" is a kind of...):

    geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "temblor"):

    seismic disturbance; shock (an instance of agitation of the earth's crust)

    earth tremor; microseism; tremor (a small earthquake)

    seaquake; submarine earthquake (an earthquake at the sea bed)

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