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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cataclysm n 1: a sudden violent change in the earth's surface [syn: {catastrophe}] 2: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [syn: {calamity}, {catastrophe}, {disaster}, {tragedy}]
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