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cataclysm
noun [C] /ˈkæt̬·əˌklɪz·əm/Definition
› an extremely destructive event or violent change: environmental/natural cataclysms cataclysmic
/ˌkæt̬·əˈklɪz·mɪk/ adjective › The city has just experienced a cataclysmic flood.
(Definition of cataclysm noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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