- a variation of cataclysmic.
cataclysmal
Example Sentences
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This tells of the World, its beginning, its convulsions and its ending, and thus embraces the three minor cycles of the cosmogonical, the cataclysmal and the eschatological myths.
From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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
Ten seconds later this cataclysmal lunatic had reverted to sanity—a rather sheepish sanity.
From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Though all the world be filled with snow And fire and cataclysmal storm, I'll cross it just to lay my head Upon her bosom warm.
From The Lonely Dancer and Other Poems by Le Gallienne, Richard
Miss Quincey was quite shaken by this cataclysmal outbreak, this overturning and shattering of the old beacons and landmarks.
From Superseded by Sinclair, May
