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cataclysm

noun
/ˈkætəˌklɪzm̩/

Etymology

From French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”), from κατακλύζω (kataklúzō, “to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate”), from κατά (katá, “downwards, towards”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away, to dash over”).

  1. derived from κατακλυσμός
  2. derived from cataclysmus
  3. borrowed from cataclysme

Definitions

  1. A sudden, violent event.

  2. A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.

  3. A great flood.

The neighborhood

Derived

cataclysmal, cataclysmic, cataclysmist, lunar cataclysm

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