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Antonyms for cataclysmic
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kat-uh-kliz-mik |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkæt əˈklɪz mɪk |
Definition of cataclysmic
Origin :- 1837, from cataclysm + -ic. Related: Cataclysmical (1857); cataclysmically.
- adj destructive
- Cataclysmic changes were taking place in the soul of Martin Wade.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- And of course, at this critical moment, there arrived the cataclysmic letter from Stair.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
- Then Ranny delivered his soul, and the escape, the outburst was tremendous, cataclysmic.
- Extract from : « The Combined Maze » by May Sinclair
- At once it seemed as if some cataclysmic upheaval were in progress.
- Extract from : « Kings in Exile » by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
- They told of an elemental tragedy, swift and cataclysmic in its action.
- Extract from : « The Gilded Man » by Clifford Smyth
- When as pagans they feel it, the expression is a cataclysmic war of conquest.
- Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
- What was tea, and the price of tea, in this cataclysmic overthrowing of the Universe?
- Extract from : « The Literary Sense » by E. Nesbit
- The outrageous absurdity of the statement gave it cataclysmic force.
- Extract from : « Officer 666 » by Barton W. Currie
- And at once things began to happen with cataclysmic rapidity.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories, April, 1931 » by Various
- This is not done by any cataclysmic process but by a law of nature.
- Extract from : « Education: How Old The New » by James J. Walsh
Synonyms for cataclysmic
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