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Cataclysm

Cataclysm Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cataclysm? [n] an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [n] a sudden violent change in the earth's surface Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cataclysm: calamity \| catastrophe \| catastrophe \| disaster \| tragedy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cataclysm: accident \| alluvion \| alluvium \| apoplexy \| bloodless revolution \| blow \| bouleversement \| breakdown \| breaking up \| breakup \| calamity \| casualty \| cataract \| catastrophe \| cave \| cave-in \| clean slate \| clean sweep \| climax \| collapse \| collision \| computer revolution \| contretemps \| convulsion \| counterrevolution \| crack-up \| crash \| debacle \| deluge \| diastrophism \| disaster \| engulfment \| fit \| flood \| flooding \| grief \| ill hap \| inundation \| misadventure \| mischance \| misfortune \| mishap \| nasty blow \| overflow \| overflowing \| overrunning \| overthrow \| overturn \| palace revolution \| paroxysm \| pileup \| pour \| quake \| radical change \| revolt \| revolution \| revolutionary war \| revulsion \| shipwreck \| shock \| smash \| smashup \| spasm \| spate \| spill \| spillage \| staggering blow \| striking alteration \| stroke \| submersion \| subversion \| sweeping change \| tabula rasa \| technological revolution \| temblor \| the Deluge \| the Flood \| tidal wave \| torrent \| total change \| total loss \| tragedy \| transilience \| tsunami \| upheaval \| upset \| violent change \| washout \| whelming \| wrack \| wreck See Also \| act of God \| apocalypse \| bad luck \| force majeure \| geological phenomenon \| inevitable accident \| kiss of death \| misfortune \| plague \| unavoidable casualty \| vis major \| visitation Cataclysm In Webster's Dictionary \Cat"a*clysm\, n. [L. cataclysmos, Gr. kataklysmo`s, from ? to dash over, inundate; kata` downward, against + ? to wash or dash over: cf. F. cataclysme.] 1. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge. 2. (Geol.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.

Cataclysm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cataclysm?

[n] an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
[n] a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

Cataclysm In Webster's Dictionary

\Cat"a*clysm\, n. [L. cataclysmos, Gr. kataklysmo`s,
from ? to dash over, inundate; kata` downward, against + ? to
wash or dash over: cf. F. cataclysme.]
1. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a
   deluge.

2. (Geol.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and
   extensive changes of the earth's surface.

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