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CATACLYSM (Gr. Karcudsuvµos, a deluge)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 490 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CATACLYSM (Gr. Karcudsuvµos, a See also:deluge) , a See also:great See also:flood or deluge (q.v.). The See also:term is used in See also:geology to denote an overwhelming See also:catastrophe which has produced sudden changes in the See also:earth's See also:surface; and also, figuratively, of any great and violent See also:change which sweeps away the existing social or See also:political See also:order.

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