cataclysm
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cat·a·clysm
(kăt'ə-klĭz'əm) 
n.
cataclysmically cat'a·clys'mi·cal·ly adv.
n.
- A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change.
- A violent and sudden change in the earth's crust.
- A devastating flood.
[French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmos, deluge, from Greek kataklusmos, from katakluzein, to inundate : kata-, intensive pref.; see cata- + kluzein, to wash away.]
cataclysmic cat'a·clys'mic (-klĭz'mĭk) or cat'a·clys'mal (-klĭz'məl) adj.cataclysmically cat'a·clys'mi·cal·ly adv.
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cataclysm
noun
- An occurrence inflicting widespread destruction and distress: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy. See help/harm/harmless.
- A momentous or sweeping change: convulsion, revolution, upheaval. See change/persist.
- An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain: alluvion, cataract, deluge, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent. Chiefly British spate. See big/small/amount.
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cataclysm
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Definition: disaster
Antonyms: boon, good fortune, happiness, miracle, wonder
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cataclysm
IN BRIEF: A violent natural or social event.
Everyone thought the earthquake was a major cataclysm.
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categories related to 'cataclysm'
- Processes, Phenomena, Events, and Techniques - cataclysm: great upheaval that causes sudden, violent changes in Earth
- Fate - cataclysm: violent upheaval, usu. at end of the world
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The term cataclysm (from the Greek kataklysmos, to 'wash down' (kluzein "wash" + kata "down") may refer to:
- Deluge (mythology)
- a hypothetical Doomsday event
- any catastrophic geological phenomenon
- more generally, any large-scale disaster
- in popular culture
- Batman: Cataclysm, a fictional event in the Batman comics
- Cataclysm (Dragonlance), a fictional event in the Dragonlance books
- Great Cataclysm, a fictional event in Lego's Bionicle storyline
- Homeworld: Cataclysm, a computer game
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, World of Warcraft's third expansion.
- The Bird-Serpent War / Cataclysm, a song by progressive metal band Symphony X, from their 2000 album V: The New Mythology Suite
- The Great Cataclysm is an event mentioned in The Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past
- In the PC game Minecraft, a cataclysm refers to a group of creepers, which are infamous for exploding and causing considerable damage to players and their surroundings.
- Also mentioned in the manga Wolf Guy
See also
- ekpyrosis (conflagration).
- eschatology
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Cataclysm
Dansk (Danish)
n. - syndflod, jordskælv, kataklysme
Nederlands (Dutch)
cataclysme, grote ommekeer
Français (French)
n. - (Géog, fig) cataclysme
Deutsch (German)
n. - Naturkatastrophe, Umwälzung
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατακλυσμός
Português (Portuguese)
n. - cataclismo (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - cataclismo, terremoto
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - naturkatastrof, syndaflod, omstörtning (pol.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大洪水, 大变动, 地震
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大洪水, 大變動, 地震
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대홍수, 지각변동, 격변
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大洪水, 大変動, 地震, 大動乱
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) كارثه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מהפך, שיטפון, רעידת-אדמה, שואה
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