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Since then, Kisangani has been the epicenter of nearly every rebellion in the Congo.

It seemed that I, a staunch feminist, had found myself in the epicenter of macho culture.

“Expat bankers are definitely into the drugs/hooker scene, and Wan Chai is the very epicenter,” he told The Daily Beast.

The fact that these tensions are present even at the epicenter of the mindfulness world is telling.

Liberia, the epicenter of the epidemic, was relying on just 50 doctors to care for the entire nation before the outbreak occurred.

The ground motion near the epicenter was so violent that the tops of some trees were snapped off.

The location of an earthquake is commonly described by the geographic position of its epicenter and by its focal depth.

The Santa Cruz mountains suffered little damage from the seismic waves, even though they were close to the epicenter.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to epicenter, such as: command post, focal point, headquarters, hotbed, control center, and core.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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