as in quake
a shaking of the earth
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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The offshore temblor comes just three weeks after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, centered in eastern San Diego County, rumbled across Southern California — shattering bottles, wine glasses and pottery but otherwise causing little damage.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The temblor struck at 7:47 p.m. about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, the USGS said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 May 2025
The temblor was initially reported as 6.0 magnitude before being downgraded to 5.2 magnitude, according to the USGS.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Bridge and monastery collapse and dam bursts in Myanmar
Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the temblors happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.
—Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The temblor struck at 7:47 p.m. about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, the USGS said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 May 2025
The temblor was initially reported as 6.0 magnitude before being downgraded to 5.2 magnitude, according to the USGS.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Bridge and monastery collapse and dam bursts in Myanmar
Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the temblors happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.
—Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblor
Noun
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In 2023, powerful quakes killed more than 53,000 people in southeastern Turkey.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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What the quake failed to do, the violence is now doing: marginalizing Port-au-Prince.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Buying earthquake insurance can protect homeowners.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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The Mount Kinabalu earthquake of 2015 claimed 18 lives, including Singaporean students and teachers who had traveled to Borneo on a school expedition.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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As with Lionel, David’s trauma is buried deep—his post-war shell shock shown only through a barely perceptible tremor in his hands; his hopelessness only really glimpsed in one close-up.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
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Cristina puts her career in jeopardy to help Burke hide his hand tremor after he’s shot.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblor. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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