cataclysmal

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Very rarely is there a spate, an upheaval, and a cataclysmal sweep that bursts the ice and ends its reign in an hour or two.

From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson

Some cataclysmal upheaval would seem to account for such disrupture rather than the infinitely slow processes suggested by geological history.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

Nothing short of the cataclysmal end of the world could have provided drama to match the stupendous stage-setting of that stormy sky.

From October Vagabonds by Le Gallienne, Richard

On the one side, conversion has been dwelt upon as a cataclysmal epoch in a person's life, produced, negatively, by an act of self-surrender, and, positively, by a supernatural act of grace.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman

This is a change for us from the silence, this cataclysmal music, and it contributes to our walk a different kind of sadness, another form of horror.

From War by Loti, Pierre