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Cataclysm - English meaning

Cataclysm – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A large-scale and violent event in the natural world.

Usage examples:

The cataclysm at the end of the cretaceous period
noun

An extremely destructive event or violent change

Usage examples:

Environmental/natural cataclysms, the city has just experienced a cataclysmic flood.

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Cataclysm: translate from English into Chinese

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大灾变, 激变

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Catastrofe, Natuurramp, Omwenteling

Cataclysm: translate from English into French

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Cataclysme

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Katastrophe

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प्रलय, पृथ्वीप्लाव, परिवर्तन, प्लावन, उथल-पुथल, पानी की बाढ

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Cataclisma

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큰 홍수

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Катаклизм, Переворот, Потоп

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Cataclismo

Word origin

early 17th century (originally denoting the biblical Flood described in Genesis): from French cataclysme, via Latin from Greek kataklusmos ‘deluge’, from kata- ‘down’ + kluzein ‘to wash’.

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Cataclysm – similar words

cataclysmic

adjective

(of a natural event) large-scale and violent.

Usage examples:

A cataclysmic earthquake
adjective

Causing a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change

Usage examples:

These countries are on the brink of cataclysmic famine., a cataclysmic eruption/tsunami/earthquake
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