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Noun: epicentre  'e-pi,sen-tu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: epicenter)
  1. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
    - epicenter [Brit, US]
     
  2. The central point, focus or control centre of something
    "the epicentre of the fight against the virus";
    - epicenter [US]

Derived forms: epicentres

Type of: geographic point, geographical point

Encyclopedia: Epicentre

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