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adjective
- 1. (of a natural event) large-scale and violent: "a cataclysmic earthquake"
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causing a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change: These countries are on the brink of cataclysmic famine. a cataclysmic eruption / tsunami / earthquake. See. cataclysm. Fewer examples. Some events may have small consequences, while others are nearly cataclysmic in their impact. The Depression was a worldwide cataclysmic event.
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.
Something that’s cataclysmic is violently destructive. The word often refers to natural disasters, like a cataclysmic earthquake, but cataclysmic can describe other events as well as long as they’re bad enough, like the cataclysmic failure you had making meatloaf.
adjective. A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way. [formal] ...the cataclysmic events that were destroying his faith in humanity. Few had expected that change to be as cataclysmic as it turned out to be.
A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change. 2. A violent and sudden change in the earth's crust. 3. 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.]
an event that causes a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change. Synonyms. calamity. catastrophe. crisis. disaster. emergency. tragedy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accidents and disasters. accidentally on purpose idiom. an accident waiting to happen idiom. calamity. cataclysmically. catastrophe. catastrophic. disastrously.
extreme and very bad. cataclysmic changes in society. Check pronunciation: cataclysmic. Definition of cataclysmic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective cataclysmic mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective cataclysmic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
Cataclysmic definition: of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm. . See examples of CATACLYSMIC used in a sentence.
