Word

cataclysm, n.
(cataclysms)

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

calamity cataclysm catastrophe disaster tragedy

sample sentences

"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"the earthquake was a disaster"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tragical tragic

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derivationally related form

disastrous

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derivationally related form

calamitous

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derivationally related form

cataclysmic cataclysmal

semantic pointers

hypernym

misfortune, bad luck

hyponym

act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty apocalypse famine kiss of death meltdown plague visitation tidal wave tsunami

a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
<noun.phenomenon>

cataclysm catastrophe

semantic pointers

hypernym

geological phenomenon

hyponym

nuclear winter