AFTERSHOCK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("aftershock" is a kind of...):

earth tremor; microseism; tremor (a small earthquake)

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