Thesaurus: cataclysm
An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
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Definitions
- n. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
- n. Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.
- n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
- n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- 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.
- Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changesof the earth's surface.
- n:100 n a sudden violent change in the earth's surface n an event resulting in great loss and misfortune