Definition of "earthshattering" [earthshattering]

• Earthshaking. (adjective)

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• "And finally I hit a point where I just shrug my shoulders and say that nothing really earthshattering happened at his parents 'house anyway, so there's no real point in writing a long letter about taking his grandma to see an assisted living facility."
• "What we're figured out over the last decade is that we don't necessarily need record, earthshattering rain to end the likelihood of large fire incidents."
• "The topics for the session with the former president hardly seemed earthshattering: Schmid and Bush were to talk about a host of international issues, ranging from relations with Russia to the troubling Iranian nuclear program."