cataclysm

Nouns

  • (n) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface catastrophe,
  • (n) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
    • the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
    • the earthquake was a disaster
    calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, disaster,

Synonyms

catastrophe calamity tragedy disaster

Words of close approximity

cataclysmal cataclysmic