'Cataclysm' definitions:

Definition of 'cataclysm'

From: WordNet
noun
A sudden violent change in the earth's surface [syn: catastrophe, cataclysm]
noun
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [syn: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm]

Definition of 'Cataclysm'

From: GCIDE
  • Cataclysm \Cat"a*clysm\, n. [L. cataclysmos, Gr. kataklysmo`s, from ? to dash over, inundate; kata` downward, against + ? to wash or dash over: cf. F. cataclysme.]
  • 1. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Geol.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface. [1913 Webster] Cataclysmal

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