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variants:
or cataclysmic
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1
bringing about ruin or misfortune
- a cataclysmal decision to plunge the nation into war
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- apocalyptic
- (also apocalyptical)
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- fluky
- (also flukey),
- fortuitous,
- fortunate,
- happy,
- lucky,
- providential
2
causing or tending to cause destruction
- a cataclysmal landslide that virtually wiped out the village
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3
marked by sudden or violent disturbance
- the French Revolution was one of the great cataclysmal events in modern history
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“Cataclysmal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataclysmal. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.
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