CATACLYSM Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word cataclysm. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CATACLYSM
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catastrophe | nounn | |||||||
noun • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune • a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune • a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | ||||||||
calamity | nounn | |||||||
noun • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | ||||||||
disaster | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune • an act that has disastrous consequences | ||||||||
tragedy | nounn | |||||||
noun • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune • drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity | ||||||||
conflagration | nounn | |||||||
noun • a very intense and uncontrolled fire | ||||||||
destruction | ||||||||
noun • the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists • an event that completely destroys something • a final state | ||||||||
devastation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being decayed or destroyed • the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed • an event that results in total destruction • plundering with excessive damage and destruction • the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | ||||||||
havoc | nounn | |||||||
noun • violent and needless disturbance | ||||||||
obliteration | nounn | |||||||
noun • destruction by annihilating something • the complete destruction of every trace of something | ||||||||
ruination | nounn | |||||||
noun • an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction • an event that results in destruction • failure that results in a loss of position or reputation • destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | ||||||||
upheaval | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) • a violent disturbance • (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) • disturbance usually in protest |