
Cataclysmic
Emotional Intensity
Used to evoke strong feelings about the severity of an event.
Witnesses described the hurricane's landfall as cataclysmic.
Often Hyperbolic
Sometimes exaggerates the impact when used in casual speech.
Their defeat in the sports championship was described as cataclysmic.
Extremes Only
Appropriate for describing very large-scale disasters, not minor ones.
A cataclysmic volcanic eruption would affect global climate.
Compare with
ApocalypticCalamitousCatastrophicDestructiveDevastateDisastrousRuinousTragic
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