cataclysm
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əˌklɪz noun
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) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
Occasionally, landmark legislation arises from something less than a social cataclysm.
One is that they formed along with the stars long ago, and somehow survived this cataclysm.
But that is not the case with the devastating economic cataclysm that lies ahead.
It's that once-in-a-lifetime cataclysm you can't possibly prepare for, because you could never predict it would happen.
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