Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective sufficiently significant to affect the whole world.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective sufficiently significant to affect the whole world
- adjective loud enough to shake the very earth
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Examples
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Have you heard about the earth-shaking new study "proving" that addicts inherit a brain dysfunction that causes them to have poor impulse control?
Stanton Peele: So You Think That Sibling Study in Science Proves Something About Addiction? Stanton Peele 2012
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The citizen rebellions in the Middle East have been dramatic, earth-shaking, undreamt of before they occurred - and they have had no discernible effect on the production and shipment of oil, which haven't slowed down any.
Barry Sussman: Is Middle East Unrest Causing Oil Price Spikes? Maybe Not Barry Sussman 2011
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Have you heard about the earth-shaking new study "proving" that addicts inherit a brain dysfunction that causes them to have poor impulse control?
Stanton Peele: So You Think That Sibling Study in Science Proves Something About Addiction? Stanton Peele 2012
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They talked about raising the Medicare eligibility age and reducing the annual cost-of-living adjustments in Social Security to save money—both earth-shaking propositions in the party.
Promise, False Starts Paved Road to a Deal Laura Meckler 2011
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Have you heard about the earth-shaking new study "proving" that addicts inherit a brain dysfunction that causes them to have poor impulse control?
Stanton Peele: So You Think That Sibling Study in Science Proves Something About Addiction? Stanton Peele 2012
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Have you heard about the earth-shaking new study "proving" that addicts inherit a brain dysfunction that causes them to have poor impulse control?
Stanton Peele: So You Think That Sibling Study in Science Proves Something About Addiction? Stanton Peele 2012
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Have you heard about the earth-shaking new study "proving" that addicts inherit a brain dysfunction that causes them to have poor impulse control?
Stanton Peele: So You Think That Sibling Study in Science Proves Something About Addiction? Stanton Peele 2012
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Have you heard about the earth-shaking new study "proving" that addicts inherit a brain dysfunction that causes them to have poor impulse control?
Stanton Peele: So You Think That Sibling Study in Science Proves Something About Addiction? Stanton Peele 2012
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Have you heard about the earth-shaking new study "proving" that addicts inherit a brain dysfunction that causes them to have poor impulse control?
Stanton Peele: So You Think That Sibling Study in Science Proves Something About Addiction? Stanton Peele 2012
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Have you heard about the earth-shaking new study "proving" that addicts inherit a brain dysfunction that causes them to have poor impulse control?
Stanton Peele: So You Think That Sibling Study in Science Proves Something About Addiction? Stanton Peele 2012
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