Definition of cataclysm in English:

cataclysm

noun ˈkatəˌklɪz(ə)mˈkædəˌklɪzəm

1A large-scale and violent event in the natural world.
（自然界的）剧变，大变化
the cataclysm at the end of the Cretaceous Period
Example sentencesExamples
- Meanwhile, across the globe, there are thousands of families like his: slowly rebuilding, trying to make sense of a natural cataclysm which changed their lives forever.
- Thus, the ultimate question of a gradual decline of dinosaurs vs. a sudden cataclysm is almost intractable without a wealth of good data.
- Astrophysicists have been trying to detect such ‘gravitational waves,’ but the ripples from all but the, most violent cataclysms in the universe are imperceptible.
- Uranus and Neptune might have formed at about the time of the suspected cataclysm, and maybe they dragged Kuiper belt objects into collision courses with the other members of the solar system.
- In other recent asteroid collision news, the odds of a cataclysm caused by a asteroid striking the Earth have just been lowered.
- Nor does it take massive destruction or the organic cataclysm of advanced, systemic diseases, to fell us.
- These are not the victims of natural cataclysms, these are the victims of human greed for power, violence, stupidity, and of man's destructive impulses.
- The moon is made of the debris from the cosmic cataclysm.
- I guess that every once in a while, we get a huge natural cataclysm to take the wind out of our sails, and to remind us of who's really in charge on this planet.
- Some people derived a great deal of excitement from predictions of the cataclysms that would herald the end times.
- One writer described it as resembling a geological cataclysm.
- The Earth has suffered a massive cataclysm that has forced humanity to return to an incredibly primitive way of life.
- So it seemed wise, even prudent, to seek counsel from the animal kingdom; these multifarious species, many of which predate humankind and have survived cataclysms far worse than our present imaginings.
- Bearing in mind that over 70 millennia have elapsed since the Toba cataclysm it would be no surprise, statistically speaking, if another super-eruption struck within the next hundred years.
- In fact, their disappearance from the rocky strata was so abrupt that it signalled a cataclysm.
- This is true for many of us in the West who have been truly fortunate to not have experienced any cataclysms for awhile.
- While, the countries of southeast Asia are counting the cost of the cataclysm, their economies are forecast to be further negatively impacted by the loss of tourism revenues.
- Many have noticed that poorer nations are more severely affected by natural cataclysms than developed nations.
1. 1.1 A sudden violent political or social upheaval.
  the cataclysm of the First World War
  第一次世界大战的大灾难。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Naturally, I suspect that all those taking part would have been perfectly horrified if anything like the drastic and negative economic cataclysms they spoke of with such relish actually happened to them.
  The reaction has been, at least in the media, as if a great cataclysm had swept the party.
  I imagine that the entire world except my tram, bus or train carriage was devastated in some cataclysm, leaving only these passengers to rebuild the world.
  The ‘long nineteenth century’ begins and ends in a cataclysm of war and revolution.
  He has never written a poem that addresses, passionately, or engages with, his own country's terrible political state, the cataclysms for centuries.
  Since all subject matter shrinks to triviality when compared to the cataclysms of the Holocaust and the Gulag, it follows that a tragedy such as Macbeth is of limited relevance to our recent history.
  The country, he writes, has exceeded its ‘limit for political and socio-economic upheavals, cataclysms and radical reforms.’
  The aesthetic revolutions of the 20th century, in painting, music and literature, reflected the galvanizing cataclysms of the times - the world wars, the Holocaust, the nuclear peril.
  It indicates that despite the political upheavals and cataclysms of the past decade, the core of military professionals, who constitute the nucleus of the Russian Armed Forces, has been preserved.
  A cataclysm may change our system again, but I do not think so.
  Moreover, he doubts that it ever again will be - short of an economic cataclysm.
  The mother becomes a drifter, finally offering her life in a revolutionary cataclysm that takes place in a banana republic wholly given over to violence and nihilism.
  The forecasts of the economists surveyed by the professor are unremarkable: they do not anticipate any great cataclysms of war, revolution, depression, technological breakthroughs, or ecological collapse.
  As the generation that had made or experienced the original cataclysm died away, historians began to appropriate it for analysis.
  Apparently, during the time directly following the political cataclysm in the GDR, the churches were mainly perceived and appreciated as public institutions.
  Military revolutions are cataclysms that reshape governments and societies as well as militaries.
  Synonyms
  disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, act of God, devastation, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, blow, shock, reverse, trouble, trial, tribulation
  misfortune, mishap, accident, mischance, misadventure, woe, affliction, distress
  informal meltdown, whammy
  British informal car crash
  archaic bale
  Scottish archaic mishanter

Derivatives

cataclysmal

adjective -ˈklɪzm(ə)l

Origin

Early 17th century (originally denoting the biblical Flood described in Genesis): from French cataclysme, via Latin from Greek kataklusmos 'deluge', from kata- 'down' + kluzein 'to wash'.

cataract from Late Middle English:
Latin cataracta (from Greek kataraktes, ‘rushing down’) meant both ‘waterfall or floodgate’ and ‘portcullis’. The first meaning led to the ‘large waterfall’ sense of the English word cataract, and the second is probably behind the medical sense describing the clouding of the lens of the eye. A person's vision is blocked by this condition as if a portcullis had been lowered over the eye. Other words in English containing kata ‘down’ include cataclysm (early 17th century) from kluzein ‘to wash’; catapult (late 16th century) from pallein ‘hurl’; and catastrophe (mid 16th century) from strophē ‘turning’.

Definition of cataclysm in US English:

cataclysm

nounˈkædəˌklɪzəmˈkadəˌklizəm

1A large-scale and violent event in the natural world.
（自然界的）剧变，大变化
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, their disappearance from the rocky strata was so abrupt that it signalled a cataclysm.
- Meanwhile, across the globe, there are thousands of families like his: slowly rebuilding, trying to make sense of a natural cataclysm which changed their lives forever.
- So it seemed wise, even prudent, to seek counsel from the animal kingdom; these multifarious species, many of which predate humankind and have survived cataclysms far worse than our present imaginings.
- Uranus and Neptune might have formed at about the time of the suspected cataclysm, and maybe they dragged Kuiper belt objects into collision courses with the other members of the solar system.
- Many have noticed that poorer nations are more severely affected by natural cataclysms than developed nations.
- Some people derived a great deal of excitement from predictions of the cataclysms that would herald the end times.
- Astrophysicists have been trying to detect such ‘gravitational waves,’ but the ripples from all but the, most violent cataclysms in the universe are imperceptible.
- The Earth has suffered a massive cataclysm that has forced humanity to return to an incredibly primitive way of life.
- While, the countries of southeast Asia are counting the cost of the cataclysm, their economies are forecast to be further negatively impacted by the loss of tourism revenues.
- Thus, the ultimate question of a gradual decline of dinosaurs vs. a sudden cataclysm is almost intractable without a wealth of good data.
- These are not the victims of natural cataclysms, these are the victims of human greed for power, violence, stupidity, and of man's destructive impulses.
- I guess that every once in a while, we get a huge natural cataclysm to take the wind out of our sails, and to remind us of who's really in charge on this planet.
- The moon is made of the debris from the cosmic cataclysm.
- In other recent asteroid collision news, the odds of a cataclysm caused by a asteroid striking the Earth have just been lowered.
- Bearing in mind that over 70 millennia have elapsed since the Toba cataclysm it would be no surprise, statistically speaking, if another super-eruption struck within the next hundred years.
- This is true for many of us in the West who have been truly fortunate to not have experienced any cataclysms for awhile.
- Nor does it take massive destruction or the organic cataclysm of advanced, systemic diseases, to fell us.
- One writer described it as resembling a geological cataclysm.
1. 1.1 A sudden violent upheaval, especially in a political or social context.
  （尤指政治或社会方面的）大动乱，大变革
  the cataclysm of the First World War
  第一次世界大战的大灾难。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He has never written a poem that addresses, passionately, or engages with, his own country's terrible political state, the cataclysms for centuries.
  The mother becomes a drifter, finally offering her life in a revolutionary cataclysm that takes place in a banana republic wholly given over to violence and nihilism.
  Naturally, I suspect that all those taking part would have been perfectly horrified if anything like the drastic and negative economic cataclysms they spoke of with such relish actually happened to them.
  The reaction has been, at least in the media, as if a great cataclysm had swept the party.
  Moreover, he doubts that it ever again will be - short of an economic cataclysm.
  It indicates that despite the political upheavals and cataclysms of the past decade, the core of military professionals, who constitute the nucleus of the Russian Armed Forces, has been preserved.
  Military revolutions are cataclysms that reshape governments and societies as well as militaries.
  The forecasts of the economists surveyed by the professor are unremarkable: they do not anticipate any great cataclysms of war, revolution, depression, technological breakthroughs, or ecological collapse.
  I imagine that the entire world except my tram, bus or train carriage was devastated in some cataclysm, leaving only these passengers to rebuild the world.
  The country, he writes, has exceeded its ‘limit for political and socio-economic upheavals, cataclysms and radical reforms.’
  A cataclysm may change our system again, but I do not think so.
  The ‘long nineteenth century’ begins and ends in a cataclysm of war and revolution.
  Since all subject matter shrinks to triviality when compared to the cataclysms of the Holocaust and the Gulag, it follows that a tragedy such as Macbeth is of limited relevance to our recent history.
  Apparently, during the time directly following the political cataclysm in the GDR, the churches were mainly perceived and appreciated as public institutions.
  As the generation that had made or experienced the original cataclysm died away, historians began to appropriate it for analysis.
  The aesthetic revolutions of the 20th century, in painting, music and literature, reflected the galvanizing cataclysms of the times - the world wars, the Holocaust, the nuclear peril.
  Synonyms
  disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, act of god, devastation, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, blow, shock, reverse, trouble, trial, tribulation

Origin

Early 17th century (originally denoting the biblical Flood described in Genesis): from French cataclysme, via Latin from Greek kataklusmos ‘deluge’, from kata- ‘down’ + kluzein ‘to wash’.

单词	cataclysm
释义	Definition of cataclysm in English: cataclysm noun ˈkatəˌklɪz(ə)mˈkædəˌklɪzəm 1A large-scale and violent event in the natural world. （自然界的）剧变，大变化 the cataclysm at the end of the Cretaceous Period Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile, across the globe, there are thousands of families like his: slowly rebuilding, trying to make sense of a natural cataclysm which changed their lives forever. Thus, the ultimate question of a gradual decline of dinosaurs vs. a sudden cataclysm is almost intractable without a wealth of good data. Astrophysicists have been trying to detect such ‘gravitational waves,’ but the ripples from all but the, most violent cataclysms in the universe are imperceptible. Uranus and Neptune might have formed at about the time of the suspected cataclysm, and maybe they dragged Kuiper belt objects into collision courses with the other members of the solar system. In other recent asteroid collision news, the odds of a cataclysm caused by a asteroid striking the Earth have just been lowered. Nor does it take massive destruction or the organic cataclysm of advanced, systemic diseases, to fell us. These are not the victims of natural cataclysms, these are the victims of human greed for power, violence, stupidity, and of man's destructive impulses. The moon is made of the debris from the cosmic cataclysm. I guess that every once in a while, we get a huge natural cataclysm to take the wind out of our sails, and to remind us of who's really in charge on this planet. Some people derived a great deal of excitement from predictions of the cataclysms that would herald the end times. One writer described it as resembling a geological cataclysm. The Earth has suffered a massive cataclysm that has forced humanity to return to an incredibly primitive way of life. So it seemed wise, even prudent, to seek counsel from the animal kingdom; these multifarious species, many of which predate humankind and have survived cataclysms far worse than our present imaginings. Bearing in mind that over 70 millennia have elapsed since the Toba cataclysm it would be no surprise, statistically speaking, if another super-eruption struck within the next hundred years. In fact, their disappearance from the rocky strata was so abrupt that it signalled a cataclysm. This is true for many of us in the West who have been truly fortunate to not have experienced any cataclysms for awhile. While, the countries of southeast Asia are counting the cost of the cataclysm, their economies are forecast to be further negatively impacted by the loss of tourism revenues. Many have noticed that poorer nations are more severely affected by natural cataclysms than developed nations. 1.1 A sudden violent political or social upheaval. the cataclysm of the First World War 第一次世界大战的大灾难。 Example sentencesExamples Naturally, I suspect that all those taking part would have been perfectly horrified if anything like the drastic and negative economic cataclysms they spoke of with such relish actually happened to them. The reaction has been, at least in the media, as if a great cataclysm had swept the party. I imagine that the entire world except my tram, bus or train carriage was devastated in some cataclysm, leaving only these passengers to rebuild the world. The ‘long nineteenth century’ begins and ends in a cataclysm of war and revolution. He has never written a poem that addresses, passionately, or engages with, his own country's terrible political state, the cataclysms for centuries. Since all subject matter shrinks to triviality when compared to the cataclysms of the Holocaust and the Gulag, it follows that a tragedy such as Macbeth is of limited relevance to our recent history. The country, he writes, has exceeded its ‘limit for political and socio-economic upheavals, cataclysms and radical reforms.’ The aesthetic revolutions of the 20th century, in painting, music and literature, reflected the galvanizing cataclysms of the times - the world wars, the Holocaust, the nuclear peril. It indicates that despite the political upheavals and cataclysms of the past decade, the core of military professionals, who constitute the nucleus of the Russian Armed Forces, has been preserved. A cataclysm may change our system again, but I do not think so. Moreover, he doubts that it ever again will be - short of an economic cataclysm. The mother becomes a drifter, finally offering her life in a revolutionary cataclysm that takes place in a banana republic wholly given over to violence and nihilism. The forecasts of the economists surveyed by the professor are unremarkable: they do not anticipate any great cataclysms of war, revolution, depression, technological breakthroughs, or ecological collapse. As the generation that had made or experienced the original cataclysm died away, historians began to appropriate it for analysis. Apparently, during the time directly following the political cataclysm in the GDR, the churches were mainly perceived and appreciated as public institutions. Military revolutions are cataclysms that reshape governments and societies as well as militaries. Synonyms disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, act of God, devastation, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, blow, shock, reverse, trouble, trial, tribulation misfortune, mishap, accident, mischance, misadventure, woe, affliction, distress informal meltdown, whammy British informal car crash archaic bale Scottish archaic mishanter Derivatives cataclysmal adjective -ˈklɪzm(ə)l Origin Early 17th century (originally denoting the biblical Flood described in Genesis): from French cataclysme, via Latin from Greek kataklusmos 'deluge', from kata- 'down' + kluzein 'to wash'. cataract from Late Middle English: Latin cataracta (from Greek kataraktes, ‘rushing down’) meant both ‘waterfall or floodgate’ and ‘portcullis’. The first meaning led to the ‘large waterfall’ sense of the English word cataract, and the second is probably behind the medical sense describing the clouding of the lens of the eye. A person's vision is blocked by this condition as if a portcullis had been lowered over the eye. Other words in English containing kata ‘down’ include cataclysm (early 17th century) from kluzein ‘to wash’; catapult (late 16th century) from pallein ‘hurl’; and catastrophe (mid 16th century) from strophē ‘turning’. Definition of cataclysm in US English: cataclysm nounˈkædəˌklɪzəmˈkadəˌklizəm 1A large-scale and violent event in the natural world. （自然界的）剧变，大变化 Example sentencesExamples In fact, their disappearance from the rocky strata was so abrupt that it signalled a cataclysm. Meanwhile, across the globe, there are thousands of families like his: slowly rebuilding, trying to make sense of a natural cataclysm which changed their lives forever. So it seemed wise, even prudent, to seek counsel from the animal kingdom; these multifarious species, many of which predate humankind and have survived cataclysms far worse than our present imaginings. Uranus and Neptune might have formed at about the time of the suspected cataclysm, and maybe they dragged Kuiper belt objects into collision courses with the other members of the solar system. Many have noticed that poorer nations are more severely affected by natural cataclysms than developed nations. Some people derived a great deal of excitement from predictions of the cataclysms that would herald the end times. Astrophysicists have been trying to detect such ‘gravitational waves,’ but the ripples from all but the, most violent cataclysms in the universe are imperceptible. The Earth has suffered a massive cataclysm that has forced humanity to return to an incredibly primitive way of life. While, the countries of southeast Asia are counting the cost of the cataclysm, their economies are forecast to be further negatively impacted by the loss of tourism revenues. Thus, the ultimate question of a gradual decline of dinosaurs vs. a sudden cataclysm is almost intractable without a wealth of good data. These are not the victims of natural cataclysms, these are the victims of human greed for power, violence, stupidity, and of man's destructive impulses. I guess that every once in a while, we get a huge natural cataclysm to take the wind out of our sails, and to remind us of who's really in charge on this planet. The moon is made of the debris from the cosmic cataclysm. In other recent asteroid collision news, the odds of a cataclysm caused by a asteroid striking the Earth have just been lowered. Bearing in mind that over 70 millennia have elapsed since the Toba cataclysm it would be no surprise, statistically speaking, if another super-eruption struck within the next hundred years. This is true for many of us in the West who have been truly fortunate to not have experienced any cataclysms for awhile. Nor does it take massive destruction or the organic cataclysm of advanced, systemic diseases, to fell us. One writer described it as resembling a geological cataclysm. 1.1 A sudden violent upheaval, especially in a political or social context. （尤指政治或社会方面的）大动乱，大变革 the cataclysm of the First World War 第一次世界大战的大灾难。 Example sentencesExamples He has never written a poem that addresses, passionately, or engages with, his own country's terrible political state, the cataclysms for centuries. The mother becomes a drifter, finally offering her life in a revolutionary cataclysm that takes place in a banana republic wholly given over to violence and nihilism. Naturally, I suspect that all those taking part would have been perfectly horrified if anything like the drastic and negative economic cataclysms they spoke of with such relish actually happened to them. The reaction has been, at least in the media, as if a great cataclysm had swept the party. Moreover, he doubts that it ever again will be - short of an economic cataclysm. It indicates that despite the political upheavals and cataclysms of the past decade, the core of military professionals, who constitute the nucleus of the Russian Armed Forces, has been preserved. Military revolutions are cataclysms that reshape governments and societies as well as militaries. The forecasts of the economists surveyed by the professor are unremarkable: they do not anticipate any great cataclysms of war, revolution, depression, technological breakthroughs, or ecological collapse. I imagine that the entire world except my tram, bus or train carriage was devastated in some cataclysm, leaving only these passengers to rebuild the world. The country, he writes, has exceeded its ‘limit for political and socio-economic upheavals, cataclysms and radical reforms.’ A cataclysm may change our system again, but I do not think so. The ‘long nineteenth century’ begins and ends in a cataclysm of war and revolution. Since all subject matter shrinks to triviality when compared to the cataclysms of the Holocaust and the Gulag, it follows that a tragedy such as Macbeth is of limited relevance to our recent history. Apparently, during the time directly following the political cataclysm in the GDR, the churches were mainly perceived and appreciated as public institutions. As the generation that had made or experienced the original cataclysm died away, historians began to appropriate it for analysis. The aesthetic revolutions of the 20th century, in painting, music and literature, reflected the galvanizing cataclysms of the times - the world wars, the Holocaust, the nuclear peril. Synonyms disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, act of god, devastation, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, blow, shock, reverse, trouble, trial, tribulation Origin Early 17th century (originally denoting the biblical Flood described in Genesis): from French cataclysme, via Latin from Greek kataklusmos ‘deluge’, from kata- ‘down’ + kluzein ‘to wash’.
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