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- Dictionarycataclysm/ˈkatəklɪz(ə)m/
noun
- 1. a large-scale and violent event in the natural world: "the cataclysm at the end of the Cretaceous Period"
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CATACLYSM definition: 1. an event that causes a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change 2. an event that causes a…. Learn more.
noun. cat· a· clysm ˈka-tə-ˌkli-zəm. Synonyms of cataclysm. 1. : flood, deluge. 2. : catastrophe sense 3a. 3. : a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition. broadly : an event that brings great changes. an international economic cataclysm. cataclysmal. ˌka-tə-ˈkliz-məl. adjective. or cataclysmic. ˌka-tə-ˈkliz-mik.
CATACLYSM meaning: 1. an event that causes a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change 2. an event that causes a…. Learn more.
Cataclysm definition: any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature.. See examples of CATACLYSM used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a violent upheaval, esp of a political, military, or social nature. 2. a disastrous flood; deluge. 3. geology another name for catastrophe (sense 4) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. cataclysmic (ˌcataˈclysmic) or cataclysmal (ˌcataˈclysmal) adjective. cataclysmically (ˌcataˈclysmically)
The hurricane battered the coast, causing the city to flood, and tens of thousands of people were stranded without food or water. When an event causes great suffering, we call it a cataclysm. Cataclysm comes from the Greek word kataklysmos, which means "a deluge or flood."
: something that causes great destruction, violence, etc. [count] floods, earthquakes, and other cataclysms. The country barely survived the cataclysm of war. [noncount] The revolution could result in worldwide cataclysm. — cataclysmic. /ˌkætə ˈklɪzmɪk/ adjective [more cataclysmic; most cataclysmic] a cataclysmic event.
