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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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