Affected, damaged, or altered by an earthquake; shaken by seismic activity.
Past participle of 'earthquake' used as an adjective, from 'earth' + 'quake' (Middle English quaken, from Old Norse kvaka, meaning to shake). The '-ed' suffix marks it as adjectival.
Using 'earthquaked' as an adjective is poetic—it transforms a destructive natural event into a description of permanence, like 'sun-baked,' acknowledging how earthquakes literally reshape the land itself.
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