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cat⋅a⋅clysm
[kat-uh-kliz-uh
m] 
–noun
| 1. | any violent upheaval, esp. 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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| cat·a·clysm (kāt'ə-klĭz'əm) n.
[French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmos, deluge, from Greek kataklusmos, from katakluzein, to inundate : kata-, intensive pref.; see cata- + kluzein, to wash away.] cat'a·clys'mic (-klĭz'mĭk), cat'a·clys'mal (-klĭz'məl) adj., cat'a·clys'mi·cal·ly adv. |
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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. 2. (Geol.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.
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Language Translation for : cataclysm
Spanish:
cataclismo,
German:
verheerende Katastrophe,
Japanese:
大変動
cataclysm
1633, from Fr. cataclysme, from L. cataclysmos, from Gk. kataklysmos, from kata "down" + klyzein "to wash."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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