Cataclysm
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Cataclysm is derived from the Greek katá (κατά), 'down, against', and klyzō (κλύζω), 'wash over, surge'. It may refer to:
Common meanings[edit]
- Generally, any large-scale disaster
- Deluge (mythology)
- Doomsday event, see hypothetical risks to civilization, humans, and planet Earth
- A catastrophic natural event:
- List of geological phenomena
- earthquake, the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
- volcanic eruption
Video games[edit]
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, an expansion pack of Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft
- Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, an open-source cross-platform roguelike video game
- Homeworld: Cataclysm, a stand-alone expansion, of the Homeworld space-based RTS franchise
Books and comics[edit]
- Cataclysm (Dragonlance), a fictional event in the Dragonlance novels
- Batman: Cataclysm, a DC Comics crossover story arc featuring Batman
- Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand a 2013-2014 crossover storyline appearing in the Ultimate Marvel line of books
- Godzilla: Cataclysm - see Godzilla (comics)#IDW Publishing
Other uses[edit]
- A special ability used by Cat Noir, a character in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- "Cataclysmic", a song by Joe Satriani from his album Shockwave Supernova
See also[edit]
- Cataclysmic variable star, which irregularly increase in brightness by a large factor, then drop back down to a quiescent state (initially called novae)
- Ekpyrosis, a conflagration
- Eschatology