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Antonyms for cataclysm


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
Example sentences :
  • 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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