Synonyms for cataclysmic
cat·a·c·lysmic

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1. cataclysmal, cataclysmicadjective

   severely destructive

   "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"

   Synonyms:
   cataclysmal

   Antonyms:
   constructive

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1. List of paraphrases for "cataclysmic":

   catastrophic

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1. Heather Barr:

   It's absolutely cataclysmic, we don't have months or weeks to stem this emergency... we are in the emergency already.

2. Thomas Dupree:

   The leak of that draft opinion was just an absolutely terrible, cataclysmic event for the court, i think it was a breach of trust, it was obviously a breach of integrity. And I think it's going to take a long time for the scars from that leak to heal.

3. Paul Triolo:

   Given that WeChat has become a critical part of everyday life and commerce in China, such a move would likely also be cataclysmic for Apple's business in China — without Weixin available on the iPhone, for example, sales would likely plummet.

4. Trey Gowdy:

   The potential consequences of us getting it wrong are maybe cataclysmic, we have to be right every time.

5. Mitch Ceasar:

   It's going to take some cataclysmic event -- getting hit over the head with a 2-by-4 -- to get them to say,' We have to go out there and protect the bottom of the ballot so we can grow people up,'.