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cataclysm

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cataclysm

Main Entry:: cat·a·clysm
Pronunciation:: \ˈka-tə-ˌkli-zəm\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmos, from Greek kataklysmos, from kataklyzein to inundate, from kata- + klyzein to wash — more at clyster
Date:: 1599

1: flood, deluge2: catastrophe 3a3: a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition; broadly : an event that brings great changes

— cat·a·clys·mal

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\ˌka-tə-ˈkliz-məl\ or cat·a·clys·mic

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\-mik\ adjective

— cat·a·clys·mi·cal·ly

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\-mi-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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