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earthshaking

adjective

earth·​shak·​ing ˈərth-ˌshā-kiŋ How to pronounce earthshaking (audio)
: of great importance : momentous
an earthshaking announcement
earthshakingly adverb

Example Sentences

earthshaking news—the President has been assassinated
Recent Examples on the Web Some of the New England’s most reliable Blues/R&B club bands gathers for an earthshaking Stafford Spring Blues Fest Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Stafford Springs’ Hyde Park. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2022 As with the box discovered underneath the Lee statue, the results were disappointing, mostly photographs and documents of no earthshaking importance. Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022 Like others in his line of work, Paul said March 2020 was an earthshaking development: the moment live performance screeched to a halt. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2021 The effect is shattering, creating a visceral immediacy that parachutes the viewer into that earthshaking moment, with no clear resolution in sight. Jason Bailey, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021 His early songs, released as Elvis Presley was shaking up the music scene, were a sort of comfort food, jaunty yet melodic and not too earthshaking. New York Times, 22 Jan. 2021 Something earthshaking has happened, but the first guest booked to talk about it has canceled, so Sanjay Gupta will be calling for an emergency Zoom chat in 30 minutes. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2020 Nothing earthshaking happens in any of Brown’s videos -- at least, not in the first eight -- but fans appear to be tuning in, eager to find out more about Alabama Hannah. Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al, 17 Nov. 2020 Wucker's gray rhino is not an earthshaking event out of nowhere. Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of earthshaking was in 1835

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