cataclysmic
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Even amid cataclysmic energy shocks and relentless spates of white-collar layoffs, the American economic engine appears to be humming along smoothly.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
"These extinctions were driven by relatively rapid climate shifts and cataclysmic volcanic eruptions," says Dr. Scofield.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Perhaps he causes such extensive mayhem because he is the unintended side effect of a cataclysmic experiment.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
She had left the country just before the fire despite warnings of potentially cataclysmic conditions.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
They pay almost no attention to all the moons and planets, asteroids and comets, quasars and pulsars, exploding galaxies, symbiotic stars, cataclysmic variables and X-ray sources that have been discovered since Ptolemy’s time.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing cataclysmic
Break It Down: Cata
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A Monster Calls
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