"Big One" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|?|head=Big One}} Big One
  1. (seismology, colloquial, usually with the) A hypothetical massive earthquake somewhere along the Pacific coast of North America, but especially one projected to cause catastrophic damage to a major city such as Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, or Los Angeles. Tags: colloquial, usually Categories (topical): Seismology Related terms: Big Red One Coordinate_terms: big two, Big Three, Big Four, big five, big six, big eight
    Sense id: en-Big_One-en-noun-en:massive_earthquake Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, seismology
  2. (colloquial, by extension) Any other hypothetical event with the potential to be far more devastating than previous events of the same type. Tags: broadly, colloquial
    Sense id: en-Big_One-en-noun-en:most_devastating_instance
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          "text": "Coordinate term: big daddy"
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