Cataclysm - English meaning
ˈkæt.ə.klɪ.zəm
Cataclysm – definitions in English dictionary
nounA large-scale and violent event in the natural world.
Usage examples:
The cataclysm at the end of the cretaceous period
nounAn extremely destructive event or violent change
Usage examples:
Environmental/natural cataclysms, the city has just experienced a cataclysmic flood.
nounAn event that causes a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change
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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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