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WORLD-SHAKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does world-shaking mean?
• WORLD-SHAKING (adjective)
The adjective WORLD-SHAKING has 1 sense:
1. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world
Familiarity information: WORLD-SHAKING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sufficiently significant to affect the whole world
Synonyms:
earthshaking; world-shaking; world-shattering
Context example:
the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering
Similar:
important; significant (important in effect or meaning)
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