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Definition of
earth-shattering adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
earth-shattering
adjective
adjective
(
also
earth-shaking
)
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having a very great effect and of great importance
an earth-shattering discovery
See
earth-shattering
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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