cataclysmic
adj/ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk/
Etymology From cataclysm + -ic.
1
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.
- That’s why to be rejected in love was so cataclysmic: one had been judged and found wanting.2005, Edmund White, My Women, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2012:
- Derived terms
- cataclysmically, cataclysmic variable star, postcataclysmic, precataclysmic, uncataclysmic
- Related terms
- cataclysm