S: (n) earthquake, quake, temblor, seism (shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity)
S: (n) shock, seismic disturbance (an instance of agitation of the earth's crust) "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"
S: (n) nuclear winter (a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish)
S: (n) continental drift (the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics))
S: (n) flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land) "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
S: (n) debacle (flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer)
S: (n) floodhead (a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood) "we were lucky to be safe when the floodheads hit"
S: (n) Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood ((Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings)
S: (v) deposit, bank (put into a bank account) "She deposits her paycheck every month"
S: (v) situate, fix, posit, deposit (put (something somewhere) firmly) "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"