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Meaning of "cataclasm" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CATACLASM

cataclasm  [ˈkætəˌklæzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATACLASM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cataclasm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CATACLASM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cataclasm in the English dictionary

The definition of cataclasm in the dictionary is a breaking down or disruption.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CATACLASM


alloplasm
ˈæləˌplæzəm
archiplasm
ˈɑːkɪˌplæzəm
archoplasm
ˈɑːkəˌplæzəm
axoplasm
ˈæksəʊˌplæzəm
bioplasm
ˈbaɪəʊˌplæzəm
cataplasm
ˈkætəˌplæzəm
cytoplasm
ˈsaɪtəʊˌplæzəm
deuteroplasm
ˈdjuːtərəʊˌplæzəm
ectoplasm
ˈɛktəʊˌplæzəm
endoplasm
ˈɛndəʊˌplæzəm
iconoclasm
aɪˈkɒnəˌklæzəm
idioplasm
ˈɪdɪəʊˌplæzəm
neoplasm
ˈniːəʊˌplæzəm
nucleoplasm
ˈnjuːklɪəˌplæzəm
periplasm
ˈperɪˌplæzəm
plasm
ˈplæzəm
protoplasm
ˈprəʊtəˌplæzəm
sarcoplasm
ˈsɑːkəʊˌplæzəm
somatoplasm
ˈsəʊmətəˌplæzəm
trophoplasm
ˈtrɒfəˌplæzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATACLASM

catabolite
catabolize
catacaustic
catachresis
catachrestic
catachrestical
catachrestically
cataclases
cataclasis
cataclasmic
cataclastic
cataclinal
cataclysm
cataclysmal
cataclysmic
cataclysmically
catacomb
catacombs
catacoustics
catacumbal

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATACLASM

blepharospasm
bronchospasm
chasm
chiasm
deutoplasm
enthusiasm
ergastoplasm
exoplasm
fantasm
germ plasm
hyaloplasm
karyoplasm
metaplasm
orgasm
phantasm
piroplasm
sarcasm
spasm
vasospasm
wasm

Synonyms and antonyms of cataclasm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cataclasm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATACLASM

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The translations of cataclasm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cataclasm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

碎裂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cataclasm
570 millions of speakers

English

cataclasm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cataclasm
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cataclasm
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cataclasm
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cataclasm
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরাট ভাঙচুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cataclasm
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cataclasm
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cataclasm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cataclasm
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cataclasm
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cataclasm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cataclasm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cataclasm
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रलय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kataklazmanın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cataclasm
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cataclasm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cataclasm
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cataclasm
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cataclasm
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cataclasm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cataclasm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cataclasm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cataclasm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATACLASM»

The term «cataclasm» is used very little and occupies the 154.121 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CATACLASM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cataclasm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATACLASM»

Discover the use of cataclasm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cataclasm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Sterling Book Of Word Perfect
Cataclasm : violent break, disruption or breaking down of rocks due to the movement of the earth's crust. We are unable to evaluate the destruction caused by this cataclasm. Cataclysm (geology) : a sudden and violent upheaval, deluge.
Gratian Vas, 1999
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Bachiesichang Dictionary of English Errors
... tiger, leopard, etc 8 I stepped on my cat paw. I stepped on my cat's paw. Remember to always use the correct possessive. cataclasm, cataclysm The cataclysm during the reign of Noah may one day overtake the world: the prophet warned.
King Sulleyman D. Bachiesichang, 2013
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The respiratory function of the blood: Haemoglobin
The very orderliness of the mechanism which I have described has sometimes made me picture what would happen if it became disordered ; if some cataclasm should take place in the cell as the result of which it shed its products broadcast.
Joseph Barcroft, 1928
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Language-Change Index ✳casuality for casualty: Stage 1 cataclysm; cataclasm. The meanings of these words are fairly close, especially in figurative senses. A cataclysm is a tremendous flood or violent disaster. A cataclasm is a tearing down ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Rock Stress '03: Proceedings of the Second International ...
The rock-mass structure involves lumpish, hypo-lumpish and incrustation cataclasm structure. It covered characteristic of granite stratum around the borehole. It is representative hydraulic jacking tests result. The tests result as seen in Table 2.
K. Sugawara, Y. Obara, A. Sato, 2003
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Pound/Williams: Selected Letters of Ezra Pound and William ...
(of course here there has been no cataclasm & there can be no understanding until a whole new means of communication is built up - neath which weight I am crushed = I mean need of creating it.) - anyhow despite blind-deaf etc. still feel that ...
Ezra Pound, Hugh Witemeyer, 1996
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Brittle Failure of Rock Materials
It is realized by: a) monofracture: splitting on one surface; b) multifracture: splitting on many surfaces; c) cataclasm: multiple microc- racks uniformly distributed in the whole body volume. Besides, there exist axial cleavage (micro-level) and ...
G.E. Andreev, 1995
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Doklady of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.: Earth ...
The grains extinguish in an undisturbed even manner; cases of cataclasm are associated with wavy and more abnormal kinds of extinction. Quartz 1L This type of quartz (samples Nos. 94, 106) is medium-grained and equigranular, granulated, ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
adj catachn*0c(-k res' tik, or -kres'Iik) or catachres tical — adv catachres tically. [ Gr katachresis misuse, from chrfsis use] cataclasm kat'z-klazm, n a disruption, a breaking down. — adj cataclas mic relating to or of the nature of a cataclasm.
Allied Chambers, 1998
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Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology
... 100 100 110 0/0 0/o °/0 10.00 3.00 2.70 67.00 50.00 52.80 21.00 42.00 41.80 2.00 5.00 2.70 _ _ -_Vol. V. No. 1—January 1956 Effect of Social Cataclasm on Personality. 98 BULLETIN OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA Vol .

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATACLASM»

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The noble namesake of the Armstrong Wildcats
“In the winter of 1860, into my introspective life nature flung a sort of cataclasm [sic] named Sam Armstrong,” a classmate would recall years ... «RVANews, Dec 14»

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