cataclysmic

1. 1.

   severely destructive

   “cataclysmic nuclear war”

   “a cataclysmic earthquake”

   Synonymscataclysmal

   Similardestructive

Questions about cataclysmic

What does cataclysmic mean?

cataclysmic means "severely destructive".

How many syllables are in cataclysmic?

cataclysmic has 4 syllables: cat-a-clys-mic. The stress falls on "clys". In IPA it is /ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk/.

What is another word for cataclysmic?

Close synonyms include cataclysmal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.