Cataclysm

Definitions

1. A sudden, violent event.
2. A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.
3. A great flood.

Equivalents

Examples

“While the disaster capitalism complex does not deliberately scheme to create⟳ cataclysms on which it feeds (though Iraq may be a notable exception), there is plenty of evidence that its component industries work⟳ very hard indeed to make⟳ that current disastrous trends continue⟳ unchallenged.”

“Judging by the sedimentary composition of the crust, it appears that Altaaya once possessed an atmosphere thick enough to support⟳ some form⟳ of liquid. What cataclysm stripped the atmosphere and left the planet to freeze⟳ is not currently known.”

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