cat|a|clysm

cat|a|clysm
cat|a|clysm «KAT uh klihz uhm», noun.
1. a great flood, earthquake, or any sudden, violent change in the earth. SYNONYM(S): calamity.
2.
Figurative. any violent change or upheaval: »

Atomic warfare between nations would be a cataclysm for all mankind. ... a day that has been designated by historians of the Wall Street cataclysm of that year as Black Thursday (New York Times).

╂[< Latin cataclysmos < Greek kataklysmós flood, ultimately < kata- down + klýzein wash]

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