Synonyms for cataclysmic
cat·a·c·lysmic

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1. cataclysmal, cataclysmicadjective

   severely destructive

   "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"

   Synonyms:
   cataclysmal

   Antonyms:
   constructive

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1. List of paraphrases for "cataclysmic":

   catastrophic

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1. The Witcher:

   As a lifelong fan of fantasy, I am beyond excited to tell the story' The Witcher : Blood Origin.' A question has been burning in my mind ever since I first read The Witcher books -- What was the Elven world really like before the cataclysmic arrival of the humans ? i've always been fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and culture flourish right before that fall. How vast swathes of knowledge are lost forever in such a short time, often compounded by colonization and a rewriting of history. Leaving only fragments of a civilization's true story behind.

2. Heather Barr:

   It's absolutely cataclysmic, we don't have months or weeks to stem this emergency... we are in the emergency already.

3. Defense Secretary James Mattis:

   We have seen them trying to bring advanced weaponry into Syria on its way to Lebanese Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, israel is not going to wait until those missiles are in the air. Will it be cataclysmic ? I hope not, I hope Iran pulls back.

4. Paul Triolo:

   Given that WeChat has become a critical part of everyday life and commerce in China, such a move would likely also be cataclysmic for Apple's business in China — without Weixin available on the iPhone, for example, sales would likely plummet.

5. Thomas Dupree:

   The leak of that draft opinion was just an absolutely terrible, cataclysmic event for the court, i think it was a breach of trust, it was obviously a breach of integrity. And I think it's going to take a long time for the scars from that leak to heal.