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Meanings of
cataclysm
in English
Portuguese
flagelo
Catalan
catàstrofe
Spanish
tragedia
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An event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
disaster
tragedy
catastrophe
calamity
Portuguese
flagelo
Synonyms
Examples for "
disaster
"
disaster
tragedy
catastrophe
calamity
Examples for "
disaster
"
1
Rick Snyder could have allowed this public health
disaster
to ever happen.
2
Hunger in Niger is the result not of war or natural
disaster
.
3
Data enables an informed debate about risks,
disaster
planning and budget priorities.
4
She said
disaster
relief efforts were in progress in all affected areas.
5
They will also discuss trade, food and energy security and
disaster
management.
1
The rest is history; 40 million album sales and, of course,
tragedy
.
2
Investigations continue to identify & prosecute this great
tragedy
& unforgivable mistake.
3
She said changes had been made as a result of the
tragedy
.
4
It was the second maratime
tragedy
to befall his family this year.
5
He obtained this ring at great cost and, I believe, personal
tragedy
.
1
Which Booker-winning or shortlisted novelist suffered political
catastrophe
this year, and where?
2
It's not great either, but it's far from an entirely cringe-worthy
catastrophe
.
3
Such was the general situation last Monday night, when the
catastrophe
occurred.
4
The overseas market saved Cruise's excellent Edge of Tomorrow from financial
catastrophe
.
5
How can such a minor thing result in such a major
catastrophe
?
1
Drugs and drug-related violence are major contributors to this
calamity
,
of course.
2
The downfall of two peoples follows in the train of personal
calamity
.
3
But this is a
calamity
Of course, no such choice is available.
4
Given the potential for another
calamity
,
direct intervention should be an option.
5
The
calamity
howler is found in the midst of peace and plenty.
Usage of
cataclysm
in English
1
The dinner party lasted some considerable time; then the inevitable
cataclysm
occurred.
2
And they had been but the first warning impacts of universal
cataclysm
.
3
The
cataclysm
erupted when Andropov wanted another roll call, a security check.
4
We know that an unprecedented economic
cataclysm
has rippled across the globe.
5
This flood is represented as the last
cataclysm
that devastates the earth.
6
They were his rock of refuge in any
cataclysm
that might impend.
7
A shattering, a
cataclysm
,
breaking the earth as Draenor had been broken.
8
The Chaldean legend represents not a mere rain-storm, but a tremendous
cataclysm
.
9
The
cataclysm
followed almost instantly, as if from behind a concealing curtain.
10
Nay, it needs no such stupendous
cataclysm
to depeople this uneasy orb.
11
He had snatched a soul for himself out of a
cataclysm
,
remember.
12
Our meal was interrupted by a loud bump, crash,
cataclysm
and bang.
13
What do you get when you cross a
cataclysm
with a hellhole?
14
Every glade and dale seemed to have just completed some massive
cataclysm
.
15
After the scale and
cataclysm
of last week, Moffat deliberately dials things down.
16
The whole British Raj seemed passing away in a single
cataclysm
.
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cataclysm
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
great cataclysm
impend cataclysm
social cataclysm
universal cataclysm
cosmic cataclysm
More collocations
Translations for
cataclysm
Portuguese
flagelo
catástrofes
catástrofe
desastre
calamidade
tragédia
cataclismo
Catalan
catàstrofe
tragèdia
desastre
calamitat
cataclisme
daltabaix
Spanish
tragedia
catástrofe
desastre
Cataclysm
through the time
Cataclysm
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common