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US
/ˌkætəˈkɫɪzmɪk/
]
[ UK /kˌætɐklˈɪsmɪk/ ]
[ UK /kˌætɐklˈɪsmɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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severely destructive
cataclysmic nuclear war
a cataclysmic earthquake
How To Use cataclysmic In A Sentence
- Set inside the Void, this story follows the life of Edeard, a young 'shaper' whose life is changed forever by a cataclysmic event and he finds his way to the great city of Makkatheren where he enters the service of the constables. Archive 2007-08-01
- They have cataclysmic visions of what will happen to the world if Orestes escapes punishment, since there will be no justice to this matricidal murderer.
- The question of how stars die is currently a major focus of stellar research, and is particularly directed toward the energetic explosions that destroy a star in one cataclysmic event.
- And if you don't pay attention to the alarm sounded by the loss of a species then you run the risk of major, cataclysmic upheaval and suffering in the future.
- The rhythmic whisking of brooms would erupt into a cataclysmic clatter of samurai handle-pounding that would have you adrenalized and moving to the heavy beat. Some new shtick in 'Stomp'
- These leaders were revolutionary, cataclysmic, change agents. Christianity Today
- Now, here is the nub of the matter and the next - possibly cataclysmic - pitfall into which Labour, in its enduring arrogance and self-interest, may well fall.
- Anyone who watches such cataclysmic events unfold can somehow claim them as their own.
- Whereupon this foreigner, who was clueless and careless enough to mention the occult, was showered with stories of varying levels of tragedy illustrating the cataclysmic powers of the 'unnameable', whose name still inspired fear. Signandsight.com
- a cataclysmic earthquake