cataclysmnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæt.ə.klɪ.zəm/us/ˈkæt̬.ə.klɪ.zəm/literaryan event that causes a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change
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Accidents and disasters
- a knockout blow idiom
- accident
- accidental
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- banana skin
- calamity
- catastrophe
- debacle
- devil
- disastrous
- emergency
- forest fire
- holocaust
- knockout
- meltdown
- misadventure
- snafu
- the devil to pay idiom
- tragedy
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cataclysmic
adjective uk/ˌkæt.əˈklɪz.mɪk/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈklɪz.mɪk/
These countries are on the brink of cataclysmic famine.