"pertaining to, or of the nature of, a cataclysm," 1837, from cataclysm + -ic. Related: Cataclysmical (1857); cataclysmically.
cataclysmic nuclear war
a cataclysmic earthquake
catabolic
catabolism
catachresis
cataclasm
cataclysm
cataclysmic
catacomb
catafalque
Catalan
catalectic
catalepsy
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