English Explanatory Dictionary

cataclasm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A breaking apart; disruption.

Word forms

cataclasm cataclasms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατάκλασμα (katáklasma), from κατακλᾶν (kataklân, “break down”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλᾶν (klân, “to break”).

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