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cataclysmic

Syllabification: (cat·a·clys·mic)
Pronunciation: /ˌkatəˈklizmik/

Definition of cataclysmic

adjective

  • relating to or denoting a violent natural event.
  • informal used to emphasize the extent of something bad or unwelcome:the concert was a cataclysmic failure

Derivatives

cataclysmically

Pronunciation: /-mik(ə)lē/

adverb

cataclysmic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cataclysmic in the British & World English dictionary