earthquaked

adjective

earth·​quaked

-kt

variants or earthquaken

-kən

: shaken by earthquakes : subject to earthquakes

Word History

Etymology

earthquaked from earthquake + -ed; earthquaken from earthquake + -en (as in shaken)

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