the place where something unpleasant is felt most strongly and from where it can spread to other areasThe first Australians evacuated from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, have touched down on Christmas Island.
In Greece – the epicentre of the eurozone debt crisis – the cost of heating oil has soared with new taxes, leading more and more people to burn wood to keep warm.
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Dilara from Russian Federation on 18/02/2020