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Cataclysm
01
a sudden, violent natural disaster that drastically alters the earth's landscape
Examples
The 2004 Indonesian earthquake and tsunami caused a massive cataclysm that claimed over 200,000 lives.
02
a sudden or disastrous event that destroys or changes a whole region or system
Grammatical Information
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Plural form
cataclysms
Examples
Fall of the Western Roman Empire marked a political and economic cataclysm from which Europe did not recover for centuries.
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cataclysmal
cataclysmic
cataclysm
