earthshaking

adjective

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

Examples of earthshaking in a Sentence

earthshaking news—the President has been assassinated
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But don’t expect this debate to be as earthshaking or as game-changing as the Biden-Trump confrontation June 27 Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team. Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024 Had Asian demand kept to its historic trend, there would have been no massive glut and probably no earthshaking price collapse. Michael Levi, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015 This call, the last time the founders would address their company, was an earthshaking moment for a workplace whose leaders inspired so much loyalty that several employees shared matching tattoos with Olguin. Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 19 July 2023 It also should be said that the $85 million value of the missing parts matches the price to procure one F-35A fighter—obviously an important sum, but not an earthshaking loss. Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for earthshaking 

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of earthshaking was in 1835

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“Earthshaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthshaking. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

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