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earthquake wave

noun as in seismic wave

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Then, like an earthquake wave laden with the dead slime of the stirred depths, the sense of her own impotence came over her.

We were carried right in by that earthquake wave, and the water has retired and left us stranded.

The floor of the cave is thin, and when stamped upon vibrates in imitation of an earthquake wave.

When the earthquake wave is started below the earth's surface, it spreads through the crust in all directions.

Meanwhile, a heavy earthquake-wave had struck part at least of the shores of Barbadoes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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