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   shuddering

   /ˈSHəd(ə)riNG/

   adjective

   • 1. characterized or accompanied by violent shaking or vibration: "the train came to a shuddering halt"
   • ▪ (of a person's breathing) unsteady or convulsive, especially as a result of exertion or emotion: "he drew a deep, shuddering breath"

   noun

   • 1. the action or fact of shaking or vibrating violently: "the biggest earthquakes are set off by the shuddering of the plates that make up the earth's surface as they grind together underground"

   Derivatives

   • 1. shudderingly adverb

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