cataclysms

plural of cataclysm
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cataclysms
Noun
  • Deadly floods in Asia have devastated crops, crippling already fragile food production.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • When heavy rain occurs, there is a potential for flooding, particularly in areas that are low-lying or prone to floods.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some BDCs are dividend machines, others are disasters.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Some contend mythologising such events does a disservice to those who lost their lives in maritime disasters.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In an alternate timeline without COVID-19 and the cultural upheavals of 2020, Bennet might be the executive editor of The New York Times.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The United States and South Korea previously butted heads over how to handle the threat from North Korea, and there have been periodic public upheavals in Korean public opinion over tragic incidents involving American troops stationed on the peninsula.
    KURT M. CAMPBELL, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains.
    AZCentral.com, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The valley floor hums with cowbells and the distant whir of paragliders circling above alpine meadows—as Trümmelbach’s glacial torrents roar through limestone caverns.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Families that embrace this mindset see setbacks not as catastrophes but as tuition.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The story grabbed him thematically too, given the increasing devastation caused by wildfires and other environmental catastrophes.
    Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In July, a geologist warned that an ongoing cluster of smaller earthquakes near the Nicobar Islands could signal a volcanic eruption in the Andaman Sea, which raises fears of another tsunami.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The audience for 2025’s reel of zombie apocalypses lives in a world shaped, in part, by Americans’ refusal to accept an aging Joe Biden’s ineligibility for President.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The flag has been ordered to half-staff following major tragedies, such as the September 11 Attacks and the 2012 Newtown school shooting.
    James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But anyone who responds to preventable tragedies like this—tragedies that over time begin to erode the very fabric of our country—by refusing to face the problem of gun violence and crime head-on is missing the point.
    Gabby Giffords, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Cataclysms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataclysms. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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