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1.
any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature.
2.
Physical Geography. a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth's surface.
3.
an extensive flood; deluge.
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| cataclysm (ˈkætəˌklɪzəm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a violent upheaval, esp of a political, military, or social nature |
| 2. | a disastrous flood; deluge |
| 3. | geology another name for catastrophe |
| [C17: via French from Latin, from Greek kataklusmos deluge, from katakluzein to flood, from kluzein to wash] | |
| cata'clysmic | |
| —adj | |
| cata'clysmal | |
| —adj | |
| cata'clysmically | |
| —adv | |
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cataclysm
1633, from Fr. cataclysme, from L. cataclysmos, from Gk. kataklysmos, from kata "down" + klyzein "to wash." Cataclysmic is attested from 1851.
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