cataclysmal

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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

The whole structure of three united, happy lives was built upon these cataclysmal facts--yet she had never asked what thought they held of them!

From The Preliminaries And Other Stories by Comer, Cornelia A. P.

The mind trained in submission to universal law will not shrink from a fate which awaits the universe by fire or cataclysmal change.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

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

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