Cataclysm
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The term cataclysm (from the Greek kataklysmos, to 'wash down' (kluzein "wash" + kata "down") may refer to:
- Deluge (mythology)
- a hypothetical Doomsday event
- any catastrophic geological phenomenon
- volcanic eruption
- earthquake, the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
- more generally, any large-scale disaster
See also [edit]
- ekpyrosis (conflagration)
- eschatology
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