cataclysm (noun)

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• cataclysm — ► NOUN ▪ a violent upheaval or disaster. DERIVATIVES cataclysmic adjective cataclysmically adverb. ORIGIN originally denoting the biblical Flood: from Greek kataklusmos deluge …   English terms dictionary

• cataclysm — I noun alluvion, avalanche, convulsion, crash, debacle, deluge, disaster, disturbance, earthquake, eruption, extensive flood, flood, holocaust, inundation, overflow, overflowing, overrunning, quake, storm, temblor, tidal wave, tremor, upheaval,… …   Law dictionary

• cataclysm — 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, deluge 2. catastrophe 3a 3. a momentous and …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cataclysm — noun /ˈkætəˌklɪzm̩/ a) A sudden, violent event. b) A sudden and violent change in the earths crust. See Also: catastrophe …   Wiktionary

• cataclysm — noun (C) literary a violent and sudden event or change, such as a serious flood or earthquake cataclysmic adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cataclysm — UK [ˈkætəˌklɪz(ə)m] / US [ˈkætəˌklɪzəm] noun [countable] Word forms cataclysm : singular cataclysm plural cataclysms literary 1) a sudden violent change, especially a social or political one 2) a sudden natural event that causes a lot of damage,… …   English dictionary

• cataclysm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. upheaval, disaster. See violence, destruction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. upheaval, disturbance, disaster, calamity; see catastrophe , disaster , misfortune 2 . See Synonym Study at disaster . III (Roget …   English dictionary for students

• cataclysm — cat|a|clys|m [ˈkætəklızəm] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: cataclysme, from Latin, from Greek, from kataklyzein to flood , from kata down + klyzein to wash ] literary a violent or sudden event or change, such as a serious flood or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cataclysm — cat|a|clysm [ kætə,klızəm ] noun count LITERARY 1. ) a sudden violent change, especially a social or political one 2. ) a sudden natural event that causes a lot of damage, for example a flood or an EARTHQUAKE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cataclysm — [ katəˌklɪz(ə)m] noun a violent upheaval or disaster. Derivatives cataclysmic adjective cataclysmically adverb Origin C17 (orig. denoting the biblical Flood): from Fr. cataclysme, via L. from Gk kataklusmos deluge …   English new terms dictionary

• cataclysm — [ˈkætəˌklɪz(ə)m] noun [C] literary a sudden violent change or event …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English