cataclysmic

English

Etymology

From cataclysm +‎ -ic.

Adjective

cataclysmic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.

   It is believed that a cataclysmic impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

   • 2005, Edmund White, My Women

     That’s why to be rejected in love was so cataclysmic: one had been judged and found wanting.

Related terms

• cataclysm
• cataclysmic variable star

Translations

of or pertaining to a cataclysm

• Dutch: cataclystisch (nl)
• Esperanto: kataklisma (eo)
• Italian: cataclismo (it)

• Manx: co-leaystagh (gv)
• Romanian: cataclismic (ro) m and n
• Swedish: kataklysmisk (sv)