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cataclysm
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cataclysm
n.
upheaval; natural disaster, earthquake, flood; disaster, catastrophe
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Cataclysm
The term cataclysm (from the Greek κατακλυσμός kataklysmos, to 'wash down' (κλύζειν kluzein "wash" and κατά kata "down") may refer to:
- Deluge (mythology)
- a hypothetical Doomsday event
- any catastrophic geological phenomenon
- volcanic eruption
- earthquake, the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
- more generally, any large-scale disaster
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cataclysm
Noun
1. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
(synonym) catastrophe
(hypernym) geological phenomenon
(hyponym) nuclear winter
2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
(synonym) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy
(hypernym) misfortune, bad luck
(hyponym) act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty
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cataclysm
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kataklizm
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Cataclysm
(n.)
Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.
Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.
(n.)
An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
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