cataclysmal
əˈklɪz
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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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| 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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