About The Word Cataclysm
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Cataclysm
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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.
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