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aftershock

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈæftɜɹʃɔk/Part of speech nounSorted acefhkorstStarts with AEnds with K0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake

Word origin

From after- + shock.

Used in a sentence

  • It was not a peace that brought joy – it was one that created an oppressive tension like the calm between a major earthquake and the aftershock.
  • As aftershocks of 3.0 magnitude or higher continued to rock the area, rescuers transported over 50,000 people from the hardest-hit Luding county, according to local media
  • The collapse of the financial market sixty days later was the aftershock.

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