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cataclysmicor cat·a·clys·mal [ kat-uh-kliz-mik ] / ˌkæt əˈklɪz mɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cataclysmic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm. of the nature of, or having the effect of, a cataclysm: cataclysmic changes. Origin of cataclysmicFirst recorded in 1850–55; cataclysm + -ic OTHER WORDS FROM cataclysmiccat·a·clys·mi·cal·ly, adverbnon·cat·a·clys·mal, adjectivenon·cat·a·clys·mic, adjectiveWords nearby cataclysmiccatachronobiology, cataclasis, cataclastic, cataclinal, cataclysm, cataclysmic, catacomb, catacrotism, catadicrotism, catadioptric, catadromous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cataclysmicHowever: The historical record does not, it should be said, support the cataclysmic conclusion that Labour could never win again. An Independent Scotland Will Hurt Labour|Michael Tomasky|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Winters uses that cataclysmic event to examine the slow deterioration of communal life in the face of annihilation. What Would You Do if the World Was Over?|William O’Connor|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was the cataclysmic collision of spitfire upstart performer, brilliant pop song, and cheeky music video. Britney Spears’s ‘…Baby One More Time’ Turns 15: The Making of an Iconic Music Video|Kevin Fallon|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST It takes a cataclysmic and frightening event for the warmonger wing of the party to win the day. The Case Against Isolation|Michael Tomasky|September 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And Egyptian political life has taken, thereafter, a cataclysmic turn for the worse. Why Egypt Has Coups … and We Don’t|Tunku Varadarajan|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST The sense of a cataclysmic disaster in death would pass and be replaced by a sense of the continuity of life. Our Lady Saint Mary|J. G. H. Barry The central life-fire which thus forces its path at cataclysmic intervals to the devastated surface is certainly no illusion. Suspended Judgments|John Cowper Powys The outrageous absurdity of the statement gave it cataclysmic force. Officer 666|Barton W. Currie There was only one person on earth to whom he could confide this cataclysmic experience, and that was Alan. Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie It is probable that one of these cataclysmic epochs opened with the victories wrested from Russia by Japan. Tales of Bengal|S. B. Banerjea
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