"earthstorm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: earthstorms [plural]
Etymology: earth + storm Etymology templates: {{compound|en|earth|storm}} earth + storm Head templates: {{en-noun}} earthstorm (plural earthstorms)
  1. (fantasy) An extremely powerful earthquake; a storm involving earth or rock blowing through the air. Categories (topical): Fantasy, Seismology, Weather
    Sense id: en-earthstorm-en-noun-nmb8uuD1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Topics: fantasy

Inflected forms

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