massive earthquake

collocation in English

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massive
adjective
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/ˈmæs.ɪv/us
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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earthquake
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɜːθ.kweɪk/us
/ˈɝːθ.kweɪk/
a sudden violent movement of the earth's surface, sometimes causing ...
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It has to be a catastrophe of gigantic magnitude, like amassiveearthquake.
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All these smaller attacks remind me of smaller tremors before amassiveearthquake.
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When the plate finally slips, it releases 500 years of stored energy in amassiveearthquake.
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In 1905 there was amassiveearthquakewhich damaged the masjid and its dome.
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In this film, the city suffers amassiveearthquakeand its neighboring metropolitan.
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They arrive just as themassiveearthquakeoccurs.
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When the plate finally slips, the 500 years of stored energy are released in amassiveearthquake.
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Not long after, amassiveearthquakestrikes and further damages the city.
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However, after the "barone" was overthrown, there was amassiveearthquakethat destroyed much of the town.
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It took years of bureaucratic entanglement, amassiveearthquake, and a revolution to get his ideas implemented.
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Geologists now believe that the dam could have led to themassiveearthquake.
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But the island is completely devastated, apparently by a recentmassiveearthquake, and deserted.
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Up to 40 feet in height, it is evidence of amassiveearthquakeestimated to have occurred about 2000 years ago.
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Originally, itr was 198 feet high, but a part of it felled down during themassiveearthquakeof 1934.
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However, this threatens amassiveearthquakethat could destroy the entire city.
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When fate intervenes in the form of amassiveearthquake, the two lovers have no idea what is in store for them.
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Amassiveearthquakedid change the local geography.
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Shortly after, amassiveearthquakeoccurs.
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Thus, the behaviour of massive earthquakes is dependent on the properties of single molecular irregularities or asperities.
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Like the other houses around it, it was rebuilt in the 19th century, after the city was ravaged by a series of massive earthquakes in the 18th century.
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