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cataclysmic

adjective as in destructive

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A year and a bit on from a cataclysmic election defeat, the Tories have become more unpopular.

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She described the situation in the city as "cataclysmic".

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Israel's latest ground operation in Gaza City, described by a UN official as "cataclysmic", has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee.

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"The things there, and the scenes on the way to Gaza City, are nothing short of cataclysmic," she recalled.

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Mine was that even a 24-hour delay in benefit payments would have a cataclysmic fallout for the Republican Party.