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Definition of Cataclysmal
1. Adjective. Severely destructive. "A cataclysmic earthquake"
Definition of Cataclysmal
1. a. Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.
Definition of Cataclysmal
1. Adjective. As destructive as a cataclysm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cataclysmal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cataclysmal
Literary usage of Cataclysmal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"Extinction, cataclysmal or regulated?—If, in place of recognising the series of
the above-cited ... cataclysmal ..."
2. Lectures on the Darwinian Theory by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1894)
"... the derivation of all organisms from some few most simple forms; the coherent
course of events in Nature, and the absence of cataclysmal revolutions. ..."
3. The Isle of Man: Its History, Physical, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Legendary by Joseph George Cumming (1848)
"—Evidence of great cataclysmal action.—Strike of parallel mountain-chains.—Mines
and Minerals. ... cataclysmal ..."
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