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How to pronounce “aftershock”
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Pronunciation guide for aftershock
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of aftershock with real speech in context.
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- Disaster by Choice
And just an hour later, there was another massive aftershock.
- Definition summary
- (seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
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How to pronounce aftershock
Disaster by Choice

And just an hour later, there was another massive aftershock.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
- (figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
- Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
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