epicenter

Speech parts

1. epicenter - Noun

2. epicenter - Verb

Meaning

the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

center mecca nexus capital nucleus hub navel hotbed focal point seismology nerve center epicentre

Antonyms

side border boundary rim perimeter circumference
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Hypernyms

geographic point geographical point

Anagrams

epicentre

Examples

54th St at Newport Beach (Echo Beach) Located between jetties 52 and 56, 54th St has been a major epicenter for the surf industry. Source: Internet

About 100 protesters took part in Wednesday morning’s demonstration near Tahrir, the epicenter of Iraq’s protest movement. Source: Internet

After finishing his medical residency in 2019, Leonard officially became an attending ER doctor this week in New York City, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Source: Internet

According to officials, the student never traveled to Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus. Source: Internet

According to the Caucus, Accra, being the epicenter of the Coronavirus cases in Ghana over the past week, had suffered a nauseating water shortage which is really biting hard on the people. Source: Internet

According to the California Department of Conservation, “the epicenter was on the San Andreas fault roughly 56 miles south of San Francisco and 10 miles northeast of Santa Cruz, near Mt. Loma Prieta in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

epicene pronoun epicenism epicenity epicentral epicentre epicerastic