单词	cataclysmic
释义	cataclysmcat‧a‧clys‧m /ˈkætəklɪzəm/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcataclysm Origin: 1600-1700 French cataclysme, from Latin, from Greek, from kataklyzein ‘to flood’, from kata- ‘down’ + klyzein ‘to wash’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Britain was totally unprepared for the cataclysm of the Franco-Prussian War late in 1870 and still less for its outcome. Do these eruptions act as a safety valve or will they lead to a cataclysm? Geophysicists have examined these continental scars to tell the story of cataclysms that struck the earth long ago. In short, there never was a series of divine cataclysms, and the existence of mankind on earth was relatively short. The continent approached the cataclysm of 1914 with a formal apparatus for the conduct of international relations which now seems strikingly small. The seventh seal triggers seven trumpets, which introduce various additional heavenly and earthly cataclysms. Time was no longer associated just with cataclysms and festivals but rather with everyday life. literary a violent or sudden event or change, such as a serious flood or earthquake—cataclysmic /ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk◂/ adjective
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