cataclysmicadj.
/katəˈklɪzmɪk/ Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a cataclysm.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [adjective]
paroxysmal1829
catastrophic1837
cataclysmic1851
cataclysmal1861
cataclystic1864
catastrophical1876
cataclysmatic1883
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [adjective]
revolutional1796
revolutionizing1797
catastrophic1837
cataclysmic1851
cataclysmal1861
catastrophical1876
upheaving1881
1851 C. Kingsley Yeast Epil. 365 What if the method whereon things have proceeded since the Creation were..a cataclysmic method?
1879 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (new ed.) 551 The old geologists regarded these changes..as sudden and cataclysmic.
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