cataclysm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cataclysm	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataclysm n a sudden violent change in the earth's surface [syn: catastrophe, cataclysm] an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" Synonym(s): calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cataclysm \Cat"a*clysm\, n. [L. cataclysmos, Gr. kataklysmo`s, from [?] to dash over, inundate; kata` downward, against + [?] to wash or dash over: cf. F. cataclysme.] 1. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge. 2. (Geol.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.