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cataclysmsnounpl. of cataclysm a great flow of water or of something that overwhelmsan ancient cataclysm that may have been the basis for the Flood described in the Bible alluvions, baths, cataracts, deluges, floods, flood tides, inundations, Niagaras, overflows, spates, torrents currents, rivers, streams, tidescloudbursts, discharges, flushes, gushes, outflows, outpouringsfluxes, inflows, influxesengulfments, washoutsavalanches, blizzardscascades, waterfallsexcesses, gluts, overabundances, overages, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluses droughts(also drouths) dribbles, drips, trickles a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destructionthe earthquake that struck Lisbon in 1755, killing 30,000 people, was one of the greatest cataclysms ever recorded apocalypses, calamities, catastrophes, debacles(also débâcles), disasters, tragedies bloodbaths, collapses, crashes, meltdownsArmageddons, doomsdays, end-timesconvulsions, paroxysms, upheavalsaccidents, casualties, fatalitiesmisadventures, mischances, misfortunes, mishapsblasts, blows, double whammies, one-twos(or one-two punches) godsends, mannas, windfalls a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)a social cataclysm that gave rise to a new world order bouleversements, convulsions, earthquakes, paroxysms, storms, tempests, tumults, upheavals, uproars insurgencies, insurrections, mutinies, overthrows, overturns, rebellions, revolts, revolutions, subversions, uprisings, upsetsfits, seizures, spasmseruptions, flare-ups, outbreaks, outburstsbluster, bobberies, bustles, coils, commotions, furores, furors, fusses, hubbubs, hullabaloos, hurly-burlies, pandemoniums, routs, rows, ruckuses, ructions, rumpuses, shindys(or shindies), squalls, stews, stirs, to-dos, turmoils, welters, williwaws |