cataclysm
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(noun) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface |
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Synonyms: catastrophe |
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Related Words: geological phenomenon |
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(noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" |
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Synonyms: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy |
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Related Words: act of God, apocalypse, bad luck, force majeure, inevitable accident, misfortune, unavoidable casualty, vis major |
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