seismicadjective
uk/ˈsaɪz.mɪk/us/ˈsaɪz.mɪk/[ before noun ] specialized geology relating to or caused by an earthquake:
seismic activity/waves
having very great and damaging effects:
The news that the chairman would resign set off seismic waves in the business community.
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Geology: earthquakes & volcanic eruptions
- active
- aftershock
- crater
- earthquake
- epicentre
- extinct
- fault line
- geyser
- lahar
- lava
- magma
- quake
- seismograph
- seismology
- subduction
- the Richter scale
- tremor
- volcano
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Damaging and spoiling
seismically
adverb uk/ˈsaɪz.mɪ.kəl.i//ˈsaɪz.mɪ.kəl.i/
Japan is one of the world's most seismically active areas.
It was a war that seismically changed the course of history.