world-shaking

[ wurld-shey-king ]

/ ˈwɜrldˌʃeɪ kɪŋ /

adjective

of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.

Origin of world-shaking

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby world-shaking

world-renowned, World Savior, World Series, world's fair, world-shaker, world-shaking, world's oldest profession, world soul, world spirit, World Trade Center, World Trade Organization

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Example sentences from the Web for world-shaking

Not long afterward came the world-shaking news of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Bin Laden’s Life on the Run, Witnessed by Al Qaeda Child Bride|Michael Daly|July 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Then, blackness again—and, like the closing click of this world-wide camera, there followed a world-shaking crash of thunder.
Counsel for the Defense|Leroy Scott
All it needs is the electric spark to cause the world-shaking explosion.
The Air Trust|George Allan England
Twelve years elapsed before Darwin followed up his world-shaking book with the Descent of Man.
Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley|Edward Clodd

A soil which even to Noah was the destined theatre of world-shaking war!
Ghetto Tragedies|Israel Zangwill
When Jack cures his toothache with a box of soldiers, who knows what world-shaking evolutions are afoot?
Faces in the Fire|Frank W. Boreham

British Dictionary definitions for world-shaking

world-shaking

adjective

of enormous significance; momentous

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单词	world-shaking
释义	world-shaking [ wurld-shey-king ] / ˈwɜrldˌʃeɪ kɪŋ / adjective of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash. Origin of world-shaking First recorded in 1590–1600 Words nearby world-shaking world-renowned, World Savior, World Series, world's fair, world-shaker, world-shaking, world's oldest profession, world soul, world spirit, World Trade Center, World Trade Organization Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for world-shaking Not long afterward came the world-shaking news of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Bin Laden’s Life on the Run, Witnessed by Al Qaeda Child Bride\|Michael Daly\|July 10, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Then, blackness again—and, like the closing click of this world-wide camera, there followed a world-shaking crash of thunder. Counsel for the Defense\|Leroy Scott All it needs is the electric spark to cause the world-shaking explosion. The Air Trust\|George Allan England Twelve years elapsed before Darwin followed up his world-shaking book with the Descent of Man. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley\|Edward Clodd A soil which even to Noah was the destined theatre of world-shaking war! Ghetto Tragedies\|Israel Zangwill When Jack cures his toothache with a box of soldiers, who knows what world-shaking evolutions are afoot? Faces in the Fire\|Frank W. Boreham British Dictionary definitions for world-shaking world-shaking adjective of enormous significance; momentous Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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