English Explanatory Dictionary

hemoclysm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A violent and bloody conflict, a bloodbath; specifically (chiefly with capital initial), the period of the mid-twentieth century encompassing both world wars.

Word forms

hemoclysm hemoclysms

Etymology

Coined by Matthew White (a historian) (see citation 1998, below), from hemo- + Ancient Greek κλυσμός (klusmós, “wash; flood”).

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