Definition of "earthquakes" []

• Plural form of earthquake. (noun)

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• "It is of the essence of some inflammable matter to gather itself together, to ferment in the caverns of the earth, to increase its active force by augmenting its heat, and then explode, by the accession of other matter suitable to the operation, with that tremendous force which we call earthquakes; by which mountains are destroyed; cities overturned; the inhabitants of the plains thrown into"
• "Don't you get tired of the Lord talking to these right wing wing nuts while hundreds of thousands die in earthquakes?"
• "What else could explain earthquakes, hurricanes or plagues?"