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afterquake

noun

Etymology

From after- + quake.

  1. inherited from *kwakōną✻ — “to shake, quiver, tremble”
  2. inherited from cwacian — “to quake, tremble, chatter”
  3. inherited from quaken
  4. prefixed as afterquake — “after + quake”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of aftershock (“earthquake following another earthquake”).

The neighborhood

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