cataclysm
noun
any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature.
cataclysmically
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a word derived from
cataclysm.
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a word derived from
cataclysmic.
Example Sentences
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His riding four-seam fastball sits at 95 mph and tops out at 99, paired cataclysmically with a put-away curve.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
The enormous volumes of greenhouse gases emitted in this time warmed Earth cataclysmically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
This mess has been cataclysmically rough on everybody, in ways most of us could never have imagined.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2021
For the people in Rikers, the virus appears to be spreading cataclysmically, in a population that’s particularly vulnerable to its effects.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2020
It turned out that under the western United States there was a huge cauldron of magma, a colossal volcanic hot spot which erupted cataclysmically every 600,000 years or so.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
