"cataclysm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkætəˌklɪzm̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cataclysm.wav Forms: cataclysms [plural]
Etymology: From French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”), from κατακλύζω (kataklúzō, “to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate”), from κατά (katá, “downwards, towards”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away, to dash over”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cataclysme}} French cataclysme, {{der|en|la|cataclysmus}} Latin cataclysmus, {{der|en|grc|κατακλυσμός||deluge, flood}} Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cataclysm (plural cataclysms)
  1. A sudden, violent event. Translations (sudden, violent event): կատակլիզմ (kataklizm) (Armenian), катаклі́зм (kataklízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), cataclisme [masculine] (Catalan), 激變 (Chinese Mandarin), 激变 (jībiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kataklyzma [feminine] (Czech), kataklismo (Esperanto), mullistus (Finnish), cataclysme [masculine] (French), cataclismo [masculine] (Galician), კატაკლიზმა (ḳaṭaḳlizma) (Georgian), katastrophales Ereignis [neuter] (German), Kataklysmus [masculine] (German), κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós) [masculine] (Greek), cataclisma [masculine] (Italian), 激変 (gekihen) (alt: げきへん) (Japanese), shrekoning (shrekoning) (Japanese), катакли́зма (kataklízma) [feminine] (Macedonian), coleaystey mooar [masculine] (Manx), kataklizm [masculine] (Polish), cataclisma [masculine] (Portuguese), cataclism [neuter] (Romanian), катакли́зм (kataklízm) [masculine] (Russian), катаклизма [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kataklizma [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kataklysm (Swedish), катаклі́зм (kataklízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), قیامت (qayamat) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-cataclysm-en-noun-DI7PhNKc Disambiguation of 'sudden, violent event': 80 20 0
  2. (geology) A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (sudden and violent change in the earth's crust): cataclisme [masculine] (Catalan), kataklysmi (Finnish), luonnonmullistus (Finnish), cataclismo [masculine] (Galician), Kataklysmus [masculine] (German), катакли́зма (kataklízma) [feminine] (Macedonian), cataclism [neuter] (Romanian), катакли́зм (kataklízm) [masculine] (Russian), cataclismo [masculine] (Spanish)
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  3. A great flood. Translations (great flood): suurtulva (Finnish), по́топ (pótop) [masculine] (Macedonian), inundație [feminine] (Romanian), potop [neuter] (Romanian), пото́п (potóp) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cataclysm-en-noun-HTG1Le2Y Disambiguation of 'great flood': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cataclasm [dated] Derived forms: cataclysmal, cataclysmic, cataclysmist, lunar cataclysm Related terms: catastrophe

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Alternative forms

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