Exact Match:
- diastrophism
- the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- earthquake
collapse - shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees" related words >
- disaster
collapse
- an act that has disastrous consequences related words >
- accident,
- act of God,
- adversity,
- apoplexy,
- blow,
- breakdown,
- breaking up,
- breakup,
- calamity,
- casualty,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- cave,
- cave-in,
- climax,
- collapse,
- collision,
- contretemps,
- convulsion,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- debacle,
- diastrophism,
- distress,
- fatal accident,
- fatality,
- fit,
- grief,
- ill hap,
- misadventure,
- mischance,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- nasty blow,
- overthrow,
- paroxysm,
- pileup,
- quake,
- reverse,
- rocks,
- shipwreck,
- shock,
- smash,
- smashup,
- spasm,
- staggering blow,
- stroke,
- temblor,
- tidal wave,
- total loss,
- tragedy,
- trouble,
- tsunami,
- upheaval,
- violent death,
- washout,
- wrack,
- wreck
- tsunami
collapse
- a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes" related words >
- apoplexy,
- billow,
- bore,
- breakers,
- breakup,
- cataclysm,
- chop,
- choppiness,
- chopping sea,
- climax,
- comb,
- comber,
- convulsion,
- diastrophism,
- dirty water,
- disaster,
- eagre,
- fit,
- gravity wave,
- ground swell,
- heave,
- heavy sea,
- heavy swell,
- lift,
- lop,
- overthrow,
- paroxysm,
- peak,
- popple,
- quake,
- riffle,
- ripple,
- rise,
- roll,
- roller,
- rough water,
- scend,
- sea,
- send,
- spasm,
- stroke,
- surf,
- surge,
- swell,
- temblor,
- tidal bore,
- tidal wave,
- tide wave,
- trough,
- undulation,
- upheaval,
- water wave,
- wave,
- wavelet,
- white horses,
- whitecaps
- accident,
- alluvion,
- alluvium,
- apoplexy,
- bloodless revolution,
- blow,
- bouleversement,
- breakdown,
- breaking up,
- breakup,
- calamity,
- casualty,
- cataract,
- catastrophe,
- cave,
- cave-in,
- clean slate,
- clean sweep,
- climax,
- collapse,
- collision,
- computer revolution,
- contretemps,
- convulsion,
- counterrevolution,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- debacle,
- deluge,
- diastrophism,
- disaster,
- engulfment,
- fit,
- flood,
- flooding,
- grief,
- ill hap,
- inundation,
- misadventure,
- mischance,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- nasty blow,
- overflow,
- overflowing,
- overrunning,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- palace revolution,
- paroxysm,
- pileup,
- pour,
- quake,
- radical change,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- revolutionary war,
- revulsion,
- shipwreck,
- shock,
- smash,
- smashup,
- spasm,
- spate,
- spill,
- spillage,
- staggering blow,
- striking alteration,
- stroke,
- submersion,
- subversion,
- sweeping change,
- tabula rasa,
- technological revolution,
- temblor,
- the Deluge,
- the Flood,
- tidal wave,
- torrent,
- total change,
- total loss,
- tragedy,
- transilience,
- tsunami,
- upheaval,
- upset,
- violent change,
- washout,
- whelming,
- wrack,
- wreck
- apoplexy,
- be cold,
- bob,
- bobble,
- bounce,
- breakup,
- bump,
- cataclysm,
- chatter,
- chill,
- climax,
- convulsion,
- diastrophism,
- didder,
- disaster,
- dither,
- earthquake,
- falter,
- fidget,
- fit,
- flip out,
- fluctuate,
- flutter,
- freak out on,
- freeze,
- freeze to death,
- get high on,
- glow,
- go pitapat,
- grimace,
- grow cold,
- have a chill,
- have an ague,
- have goose pimples,
- have the fidgets,
- have the shakes,
- heave,
- horripilate,
- hustle,
- jactitate,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jig,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- jounce,
- jump,
- lose heat,
- overthrow,
- palpitate,
- pant,
- paroxysm,
- perish with cold,
- quaker,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- rictus,
- shake,
- shake all over,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shudder,
- spasm,
- squirm,
- stagger,
- stroke,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- temblor,
- thrill,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- tic,
- tidal wave,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- toss,
- toss and turn,
- tremble,
- trembler,
- tremblor,
- tremor,
- tsunami,
- tumble,
- turn on to,
- twist and turn,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- upheaval,
- vibrate,
- waver,
- wiggle,
- wobble,
- wriggle,
- writhe
- tidal wave
collapse
- a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
- an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide
- an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon; "a tidal wave of nausea"; "the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave"; "a tidal wave of crime" related words >
- amplitude,
- antinode,
- apoplexy,
- billow,
- bore,
- breakers,
- breakup,
- cataclysm,
- chop,
- choppiness,
- chopping sea,
- climax,
- comb,
- comber,
- convulsion,
- count,
- crest,
- de Broglie wave,
- diastrophism,
- diffraction,
- dirty water,
- disaster,
- eagre,
- election returns,
- electromagnetic radiation,
- electromagnetic wave,
- fit,
- frequency,
- frequency band,
- frequency spectrum,
- gravity wave,
- ground swell,
- guided wave,
- heave,
- heavy sea,
- heavy swell,
- in phase,
- interference,
- landslide,
- lift,
- light,
- longitudinal wave,
- lop,
- mechanical wave,
- node,
- official count,
- out of phase,
- overthrow,
- paroxysm,
- peak,
- period,
- periodic wave,
- poll,
- popple,
- quake,
- radio wave,
- ray,
- recount,
- reinforcement,
- resonance,
- resonance frequency,
- returns,
- riffle,
- ripple,
- rise,
- roll,
- roller,
- rough water,
- scend,
- sea,
- seismic wave,
- send,
- shock wave,
- sound wave,
- spasm,
- stroke,
- surf,
- surface wave,
- surge,
- swell,
- temblor,
- tidal bore,
- tide wave,
- transverse wave,
- trough,
- tsunami,
- undulation,
- upheaval,
- water wave,
- wave,
- wave equation,
- wave motion,
- wave number,
- wavelength,
- wavelet,
- white horses,
- whitecaps
- upheaval
collapse
- (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) related words >
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- apoplexy,
- apostasy,
- apotheosis,
- ascent,
- assumption,
- beatification,
- betterment,
- blaze,
- bouleversement,
- break,
- breakup,
- burst,
- canonization,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- chaos,
- clamor,
- climax,
- commotion,
- confusion,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- convulsion,
- cyclone,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- deification,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- diastrophism,
- difference,
- disaster,
- discontinuity,
- disorder,
- disruption,
- disturbance,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- downfall,
- elevation,
- enshrinement,
- erection,
- eruption,
- escalation,
- exaltation,
- explosion,
- fall,
- ferment,
- fit,
- fitting,
- flare-up,
- flip-flop,
- furor,
- furore,
- gale,
- gradual change,
- gust,
- heaving,
- height,
- hurricane,
- improvement,
- irruption,
- lifting,
- melioration,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- outcry,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- paroxysm,
- prostration,
- quake,
- qualification,
- radical change,
- raising,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- rearing,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- sabotage,
- seizure,
- shift,
- spasm,
- stirring,
- storm,
- stroke,
- subversion,
- sudden change,
- sursum corda,
- switch,
- temblor,
- tempest,
- tidal wave,
- tornado,
- total change,
- transition,
- tsunami,
- tumult,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- unrest,
- upbuoying,
- upcast,
- uplift,
- uplifting,
- upping,
- uprearing,
- upset,
- upthrow,
- upthrust,
- upturn,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- whirlwind,
- worsening
- ablation,
- analysis,
- analyzation,
- anatomizing,
- anatomy,
- apoplexy,
- assay,
- assaying,
- atomization,
- biodegradability,
- biodegradation,
- bloodbath,
- bloodless revolution,
- blue ruin,
- bouleversement,
- breakdown,
- breaking down,
- breaking up,
- carnage,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- cave,
- cave-in,
- clean slate,
- clean sweep,
- climax,
- collapse,
- computer revolution,
- consumption,
- convulsion,
- corrosion,
- corruption,
- counterrevolution,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- crumbling,
- damnation,
- deactivation,
- debacle,
- decay,
- decimation,
- decomposition,
- degradability,
- degradation,
- demobilization,
- depredation,
- desolation,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- detachment,
- devastation,
- diaspora,
- diastrophism,
- diffusion,
- dilapidation,
- disaster,
- disbandment,
- disintegration,
- disjunction,
- dismissal,
- disorganization,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- disruption,
- dissection,
- dissolution,
- division,
- docimasy,
- erosion,
- exfoliation,
- fit,
- fragmentation,
- gravimetric analysis,
- havoc,
- hecatomb,
- holocaust,
- incoherence,
- mildew,
- mold,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- oxidation,
- oxidization,
- palace revolution,
- paroxysm,
- parting,
- perdition,
- proximate analysis,
- quake,
- quantitative analysis,
- radical change,
- ravage,
- ravages of time,
- reduction to elements,
- release,
- resolution,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- revolutionary war,
- revulsion,
- ruin,
- ruination,
- rust,
- scaling,
- scattering,
- segmentation,
- semimicroanalysis,
- separation,
- shambles,
- shattering,
- shipwreck,
- slaughter,
- smash,
- smashup,
- spasm,
- split-up,
- spoilage,
- spoliation,
- striking alteration,
- stroke,
- subdivision,
- subversion,
- sweeping change,
- tabula rasa,
- technological revolution,
- temblor,
- tidal wave,
- total change,
- total loss,
- transilience,
- tsunami,
- undoing,
- upheaval,
- upset,
- vandalism,
- violent change,
- washout,
- waste,
- wear,
- wear and tear,
- wrack,
- wrack and ruin,
- wreck
- paroxysm
collapse
- a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter" related words >
- Jacksonian epilepsy,
- Rolandic epilepsy,
- abdominal epilepsy,
- access,
- acquired epilepsy,
- activated epilepsy,
- acute pain,
- affect epilepsy,
- akinetic epilepsy,
- amok,
- apoplexy,
- arrest,
- attack,
- autonomic epilepsy,
- bite,
- blaze,
- blockage,
- boring pain,
- breakup,
- burst,
- cardiac epilepsy,
- cat fit,
- cataclysm,
- charley horse,
- climax,
- clonic spasm,
- clonus,
- conniption,
- conniption fit,
- convulsion,
- cortical epilepsy,
- cramp,
- cramps,
- crick,
- cursive epilepsy,
- cyclone,
- darting pain,
- diastrophism,
- disaster,
- diurnal epilepsy,
- duck fit,
- eclampsia,
- epilepsia,
- epilepsia gravior,
- epilepsia major,
- epilepsia minor,
- epilepsia mitior,
- epilepsia nutans,
- epilepsia tarda,
- epilepsy,
- epitasis,
- eruption,
- explosion,
- falling sickness,
- fever,
- fit,
- fit of anger,
- fit of temper,
- flare-up,
- focal epilepsy,
- frenzy,
- fulgurant pain,
- furor,
- fury,
- gale,
- girdle pain,
- gnawing,
- grand mal,
- grip,
- griping,
- gust,
- haute mal,
- hitch,
- hurricane,
- hysterical epilepsy,
- ictus,
- irruption,
- jumping pain,
- kink,
- lancinating pain,
- larval epilepsy,
- laryngeal epilepsy,
- laryngospasm,
- latent epilepsy,
- lockjaw,
- matutinal epilepsy,
- menstrual epilepsy,
- murderous insanity,
- musicogenic epilepsy,
- myoclonous epilepsy,
- nip,
- nocturnal epilepsy,
- occlusion,
- orgasm,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- overthrow,
- pang,
- petit mal,
- physiologic epilepsy,
- pinch,
- prick,
- psychic epilepsy,
- psychokinesia,
- psychomotor epilepsy,
- quake,
- rage,
- reflex epilepsy,
- rotatoria,
- seizure,
- sensory epilepsy,
- serial epilepsy,
- sexual climax,
- sharp pain,
- shoot,
- shooting,
- shooting pain,
- spasm,
- spell,
- stab,
- stabbing pain,
- stitch,
- stoppage,
- storm,
- stroke,
- tantrum,
- tardy epilepsy,
- temblor,
- temper tantrum,
- tempest,
- tetanus,
- tetany,
- thrill,
- throe,
- throes,
- thromboembolism,
- thrombosis,
- tidal wave,
- tonic epilepsy,
- tonic spasm,
- tormen,
- tornado,
- torsion spasm,
- traumatic epilepsy,
- trismus,
- tsunami,
- tweak,
- twinge,
- twitch,
- ucinate epilepsy,
- upheaval,
- visitation,
- whirlwind,
- wrench
- Jacksonian epilepsy,
- Rolandic epilepsy,
- abdominal epilepsy,
- access,
- acquired epilepsy,
- activated epilepsy,
- affect epilepsy,
- akinetic epilepsy,
- angina,
- angina pectoris,
- aortic insufficiency,
- aortic stenosis,
- apoplectic stroke,
- arrest,
- arrhythmia,
- arteriosclerosis,
- atherosclerosis,
- atrial fibrillation,
- attack,
- auricular fibrillation,
- autonomic epilepsy,
- beriberi heart,
- blockage,
- breakup,
- cardiac arrest,
- cardiac epilepsy,
- cardiac insufficiency,
- cardiac shock,
- cardiac stenosis,
- cardiac thrombosis,
- carditis,
- cataclysm,
- catalepsy,
- cataplexy,
- climax,
- clonic spasm,
- clonus,
- congenital heart disease,
- convulsion,
- cor biloculare,
- cor juvenum,
- cor triatriatum,
- coronary,
- coronary insufficiency,
- coronary thrombosis,
- cortical epilepsy,
- cramp,
- cursive epilepsy,
- diastolic hypertension,
- diastrophism,
- diplegia,
- disaster,
- diurnal epilepsy,
- eclampsia,
- encased heart,
- endocarditis,
- epilepsia,
- epilepsia gravior,
- epilepsia major,
- epilepsia minor,
- epilepsia mitior,
- epilepsia nutans,
- epilepsia tarda,
- epilepsy,
- epitasis,
- extrasystole,
- falling sickness,
- fatty heart,
- fibroid heart,
- fit,
- flask-shaped heart,
- focal epilepsy,
- frenzy,
- frosted heart,
- grand mal,
- grip,
- hairy heart,
- haute mal,
- heart attack,
- heart block,
- heart condition,
- heart disease,
- heart failure,
- hemiplegia,
- high blood pressure,
- hypertension,
- hypertensive heart disease,
- hysterical epilepsy,
- ictus,
- infantile paralysis,
- ischemic heart disease,
- larval epilepsy,
- laryngeal epilepsy,
- laryngospasm,
- latent epilepsy,
- lockjaw,
- matutinal epilepsy,
- menstrual epilepsy,
- mitral insufficiency,
- mitral stenosis,
- musicogenic epilepsy,
- myocardial infarction,
- myocardial insufficiency,
- myocarditis,
- myoclonous epilepsy,
- myovascular insufficiency,
- nocturnal epilepsy,
- occlusion,
- orgasm,
- overthrow,
- ox heart,
- palpitation,
- palsy,
- paralysis,
- paralytic stroke,
- paraplegia,
- paresis,
- paroxysm,
- paroxysmal tachycardia,
- pericarditis,
- petit mal,
- physiologic epilepsy,
- pile,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- premature beat,
- pseudoaortic insufficiency,
- psychic epilepsy,
- psychomotor epilepsy,
- pulmonary insufficiency,
- pulmonary stenosis,
- quake,
- reflex epilepsy,
- rheumatic heart disease,
- rotatoria,
- round heart,
- sclerosis,
- seizure,
- sensory epilepsy,
- sensory paralysis,
- serial epilepsy,
- sexual climax,
- spasm,
- stony heart,
- stoppage,
- stroke,
- tachycardia,
- tardy epilepsy,
- temblor,
- tetanus,
- tetany,
- throes,
- thromboembolism,
- thrombosis,
- tidal wave,
- tonic epilepsy,
- tonic spasm,
- torsion spasm,
- traumatic epilepsy,
- tricuspid insufficiency,
- tricuspid stenosis,
- trismus,
- tsunami,
- turtle heart,
- ucinate epilepsy,
- upheaval,
- varicose veins,
- varix,
- ventricular fibrillation,
- visitation
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