cataclysm
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cataclysm
- /ˈkætəˌklɪzm̩/
Where it comes from
From French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”), from κατακλύζω (kataklúzō, “to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate”), from κατά (katá, “downwards, towards”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away, to dash over”).
noun cataclysms
- A sudden, violent event. While the disaster capitalism complex does not deliberately scheme to create cataclysms on which it feeds (though Iraq may be a notable exception), there is plenty of evidence that its component industries work very hard indeed to make that current disastrous trends continue unchallenged.
- A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.
- A great flood.
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noun sudden, violent event
| 日本語 | 激変 gekihen |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 激變 /激变 jībiàn |
| Português | cataclisma |
| Français | cataclysme |
| Deutsch | katastrophales Ereignis, Kataklysmus |
| Italiano | cataclisma |
| Ελληνικά | κατακλυσμός kataklysmós |
| Română | cataclism |
| Русский | катакли́зм kataklízm |
noun sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
| Español | cataclismo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 激変 gekihen |
| Deutsch | Kataklysmus |
| Română | cataclism |
| Русский | катакли́зм kataklízm |
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title = {cataclysm},
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