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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kat-uh-kliz-uh m |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt əˌklɪz əm |
Definition of cataclysm
Origin :- 1630s, from French cataclysme (16c.), from Latin cataclysmos or directly from Greek kataklysmos "deluge, flood, inundation," from kataklyzein "to deluge," from kata "down" (see cata-) + klyzein "to wash," from PIE *kleue- "to wash, clean" (see cloaca).
- noun disaster
- There was no doubt in his mind that somehow they had been responsible for the cataclysm.
- Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
- De Launay dominated her, and she stood as rigid as a statue, awaiting the cataclysm.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- He had snatched a soul for himself out of a cataclysm, remember.
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- I have been trying to save my soul with it in the cataclysm of a world.
- Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- Back had they gone to town, and then came the cataclysm of noon.
- Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King
- Yet the Romanoffs went in the cataclysm, and so, too, did the Gorys.
- Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
- But it must have been a cataclysm of spectacular dimensions.
- Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
- I can think of no cataclysm that could have the force to move me from my path.
- Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
- The goal had all but been attained when the cataclysm struck.
- Extract from : « The Black Phantom » by Leo Edward Miller
- The cataclysm of the French Revolution interrupted his studies.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 » by Various
Synonyms for cataclysm
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