cataclysmic

English

Etymology

From cataclysm +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk/

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Adjective

cataclysmic (comparative more cataclysmic, superlative most cataclysmic)

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^[1]:

     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

• Catalan: cataclísmic
• Dutch: cataclystisch
• Esperanto: kataklisma
• Georgian: კატაკლიზმური (ḳaṭaḳlizmuri)
• German: katastrophal (de), verheerend (de), dramatisch (de)
• Greek: κατακλυσμικός (el) (kataklysmikós), κατακλυσμιαίος (el) m (kataklysmiaíos)
• Italian: cataclismo
• Manx: co-leaystagh
• Romanian: cataclismic m or n
• Swedish: kataklysmisk
• Welsh: trychinebus (cy)