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cataclysm

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  1. disaster              
 
cat.a.clysm \'kat-*-.kliz-*m\ \.kat-*-'kliz-m*l\ \-mik\ n [F cataclysme, 
   fr. L cataclysmos, fr. Gk kataklysmos, fr. ]kataklyzein to inundate, fr. 
   kata- + klyzein to wash - more at CLYSTER 1: FLOOD, DELUGE  2: a violent 
   geologic change  3: a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming 
   upheaval and demoli tion - cat.a.clys.mal aj