earth-shattering
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earth-shattering
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adj
informal of enormous importance or consequence; momentous
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earth•shak•ing
(ˈɜrθˌʃeɪ kɪŋ)adj.
imperiling, challenging, or significantly affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
[1350–1400]
earth′shak`er, n.
earth′shak`ing•ly, adv.
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earth-shattering
adjective (Informal) momentous, shocking, historic, decisive, pivotal, seismic, apocalyptic, fateful, epoch-making, earth-shaking the earth-shattering news of his death
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