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cataclysm

noun

1 cataclysm

A sudden violent change in the earth's surface.

synonym: catastrophe.

Roget 146: revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction etc. 162; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; ... show more

Roget 162: destruction; waste, dissolution, breaking up; diruption, disruption; consumption; disorganization.    fall, downfall, devastation, ruin, perdition, crash; ... show more

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; ... show more

Dutch: natuurramp, cataclysme, catastrofe, ramp

2 cataclysm

An event resulting in great loss and misfortune.

synonyms: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy.

Dutch: calamiteit, onheil, rampspoed, catastrofe, ecologische ramp, ramp, drama, tragedie, treurspel
Polish: cios, dramat, nieszczęście, tragedia, zguba


Moby thesaurus: accident, alluvion, alluvium, apoplexy, bloodless revolution, blow, bouleversement, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, calamity, casualty, cataract, catastrophe, cave, cave-in, clean slate, clean sweep, climax, collapse ... show more.

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