On the anniversary of the cataclysm, there was an upsurge in zombie attacks.
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Cataclysm
/ˈkætəˌklɪzm̩/
Synonyms for "cataclysm" (113 found)
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Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (34)
clean sweepclimaxcollapsecollisioncomputer revolutioncontretempsconvulsioncounterrevolutioncrack upcrack-upcrashdebacledelugediastrophismdisasterdoomearthquakeengulfmentevilfatality
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Related words (56)
overflowoverflowingoverrunningoverthrowoverturnpalace revolutionparoxysmpileuppourquakeradical changerevoltrevolutionrevolutionary warrevulsionshipwreckshocksmashsmashupspasm
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spatespillspill overspillagestaggering blowstriking alterationstrokesubmersionsubversionsweeping changetabula rasatechnological revolutiontemblorthe delugethe floodtidal wavetorrenttotal changetotal losstragedytransiliencetsunamiupheavalupsetviolent changevisitationwashoutwhelmingwoewrackwreck
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7 entrieseconomic collapseindustrial revolutioninstitutional collapsemass extinctionmass migrationnuclear warvolcanic eruption
Collocations
6 entriescataclysmic eventeconomic cataclysmenvironmental cataclysmglobal cataclysmnatural cataclysmpolitical cataclysm
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7 total sentences available.
Tom lives in constant fear of a cataclysm.
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Tom inadvertently caused the cataclysm.
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For 135 million years, dinosaurs ruled the Earth as the dominant terrestrial vertebrates, from about 200 million years ago until the cataclysm that wiped them out 66 million years ago.
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