Synonyms for cataclysmic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kat-uh-kliz-mik

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkæt əˈklɪz mɪk

Définition 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

Antonyms for cataclysmic

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