cataclysm
21cataclysm — cat|a|clys|m [ˈkætəklızəm] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: cataclysme, from Latin, from Greek, from kataklyzein to flood , from kata down + klyzein to wash ] literary a violent or sudden event or change, such as a serious flood or… …
22cataclysm — cat|a|clysm [ kætə,klızəm ] noun count LITERARY 1. ) a sudden violent change, especially a social or political one 2. ) a sudden natural event that causes a lot of damage, for example a flood or an EARTHQUAKE …
23cataclysm — cat·a·clysm || kætÉ™klɪzÉ™m n. upheaval; natural disaster, earthquake, flood; disaster, catastrophe …
24cataclysm — [ katəˌklɪz(ə)m] noun a violent upheaval or disaster. Derivatives cataclysmic adjective cataclysmically adverb Origin C17 (orig. denoting the biblical Flood): from Fr. cataclysme, via L. from Gk kataklusmos deluge …
25cataclysm — n. 1. Inundation, deluge, overflow, flood. 2. (Geol.) Catastrophe, overwhelming change …
26cataclysm — noun (C) literary a violent and sudden event or change, such as a serious flood or earthquake cataclysmic adjective …
27cataclysm — n 1. upheaval, violent upheaval, convulsion, spasm, eruption; violent change or disturbance, revolution, radical or total or sweeping change; subversion, overthrow, overturn, coup d dtat; debacle, collapse, downfall, breakdown, breakup; ruin,… …
28cataclysm — cat·a·clysm …
29cataclysm — [ˈkætəˌklɪz(ə)m] noun [C] literary a sudden violent change or event …
30cataclysm — cat•a•clysm [[t]ˈkæt əˌklɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) any violent upheaval, esp. one of a social or political nature 2) geo a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth s surface 3) an extensive flood; deluge • Etymology: 1625–35; < …
