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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cat·a·clysm /ˈkætəˌklɪzəm/
 大洪水,地震,(社會政治的)大變動

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cat·a·clysm n.
 1. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
 2. Geol. Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cataclysm
      n 1: a sudden violent change in the earth's surface [syn: catastrophe]
      2: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole
         city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the
         earthquake was a disaster" [syn: calamity, catastrophe,
          disaster, tragedy]