cataclysmic
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9.1
- adjective
- /ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk/
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catastrófico
- You and I both know what is coming: atomic warfare, cataclysmic destruction.
- cataclysmic event
- cataclysmic upheaval
- cataclysmic destruction
What is a less cataclysmic version of that?
- What is a less cataclysmic version of that?
- But you can imagine it's probably a very cataclysmic event when it does happen.
- Yeah, well, I mean, maybe not worth it, but it wouldn't be a huge cataclysmic error that would haunt me in any way.
- It's not like a cataclysmic drop for Biden, but in these close races, you don't need that.
- He has quite a cataclysmic adventure, you know, war, death, destruction, famine, tyranny, the whole bloody mess.
- This was a cataclysmic event and it ushered in successive crises in the Western Empire, the Western Empire, that would lead to its collapse.
- And that had cataclysmic, ridiculous ramifications physiologically.
- It was a cataclysmic downpour and soaked to the bone was our Thanksgiving night.
- It was just too complex to for for me it was and for a lot of us it was cataclysmic that whole period.
- Rhetoric to the extent that we call it violent or, you know, kind of panicked and cataclysmic millenarian is obviously ramping up.
- But I think when it comes to economic control and agency, that feeling of disempowerment is even more cataclysmic for men.
Examples
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That is a cataclysmic change for Democrats.
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When something cataclysmic happens in your life, there's any number of ways you can deal with it.
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So it's going to be a cataclysmic loss to the the club, the environment and its people, as you say.
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These students here have lived through so much that is exciting and cataclysmic in the world.
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And probably face a series of cataclysmic events for the rest of your lives.
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So this really was a terrible and cataclysmic disease in its severe form.
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But if this happens to us now, the result will be cataclysmic.
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At other times, cataclysmic events occurred, and substantial reforms were put in place to address such events.
Academic text (2009) -
Rapid and pervasive change, along with occasional instances of cataclysmic change, has indeed been a hallmark of the past several decades.
Academic text (2015) -
The earthquake caused cataclysmic destruction across the entire region.
Synonyms
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5.1
Causing very great damage or sadness
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7.0
Causing very great damage or harm
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8.6
Relating to great damage and chaos like the end of the world
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7.0
Causing very serious harm to people or businesses
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7.9
An event that causes great harm or loss
Causing very large, sudden destruction that changes a place
Describing a future with great destruction and the end of the world
Antonyms
How Disastrous
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8.6
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9.1
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7.0
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3.5
243
4.2
80
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cataclysmic comes from Greek parts kata- meaning 'down' and klysmós meaning 'a washing' or 'flood'. So, think of a huge 'down-wash' or flood that wipes things away, which is why cataclysmic describes something that causes sudden, great destruction.