Definitions for cataclysmic
cat·a·c·lysmic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cataclysmal, cataclysmicadjective

   severely destructive

   "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cataclysmicadjective

   Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.

   It is believed that a cataclysmic impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

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1. cataclysmic

   Cataclysmic refers to an event or occurrence causing sudden and dramatic change, often resulting in severe destruction or hardship. This could translate to anything from natural disasters like earthquakes or floods, to major societal or political upheavals. It generally implies a negative impact or disastrous consequence.

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1. Cataclysmicadjective

   of or pertaining to a cataclysm

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cataclysmic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cataclysmic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cataclysmic in a Sentence

1. Paul Triolo:

   Given that WeChat has become a critical part of everyday life and commerce in China, such a move would likely also be cataclysmic for Apple's business in China — without Weixin available on the iPhone, for example, sales would likely plummet.

2. The Witcher:

   As a lifelong fan of fantasy, I am beyond excited to tell the story' The Witcher : Blood Origin.' A question has been burning in my mind ever since I first read The Witcher books -- What was the Elven world really like before the cataclysmic arrival of the humans ? i've always been fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and culture flourish right before that fall. How vast swathes of knowledge are lost forever in such a short time, often compounded by colonization and a rewriting of history. Leaving only fragments of a civilization's true story behind.

3. Catherine Monk:

   Other researchers have seen this pattern of a decrease in male births related to traumatic cataclysmic events, one of them being President Kennedy's assassination and the other being the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City.

4. Heather Barr:

   It's absolutely cataclysmic, we don't have months or weeks to stem this emergency... we are in the emergency already.

5. Thomas Dupree:

   The leak of that draft opinion was just an absolutely terrible, cataclysmic event for the court, i think it was a breach of trust, it was obviously a breach of integrity. And I think it's going to take a long time for the scars from that leak to heal.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cataclysmic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cataclysmic
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cataclysmic
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=cataclysmic