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cataclysmal

adj

Etymology

From cataclysm + -al.

  1. derived from κατακλυσμός
  2. derived from cataclysmus
  3. borrowed from cataclysme
  4. suffixed as cataclysmal — “cataclysm + al”

Definitions

  1. As noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.

    • That they have been exterminated by exceptional cataclysmal changes of the earth's surface has not been proved.
    • Perhaps she’s so deaf that nothing short of a cataclysmal uproar will reach her auditory nerves.

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