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cataclysmal

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English cataclysm Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English cataclysmal From cataclysm + -al.

  1. As noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.

    That they have been exterminated by exceptional cataclysmal changes of the earth's surface has not been proved.

    Perhaps she’s so deaf that nothing short of a cataclysmal uproar will reach her auditory nerves.