Cataclysm
Cataclysm is derived from the Greek κατά kata, "down, against" and κλύζω klyzō, "wash over, surge." It may refer to:
- Deluge (mythology)
- a hypothetical Doomsday event
- any catastrophic geological phenomenon
- volcanic eruption
- earthquake, the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
- more generally, any large-scale disaster
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Video games
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, an expansion pack of Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft
- Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, an open-source cross-platform roguelike video game
- Homeworld: Cataclysm, a stand-alone expansion, of the Homeworld space-based RTS franchise
Books and comics
- Cataclysm (Dragonlance), a fictional event in the Dragonlance novels
- Batman: Cataclysm, a DC Comics crossover story arc featuring Batman
- Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand a 2013-2014 crossover storyline appearing in the Ultimate Marvel line of books
- Godzilla: Cataclysm - see Godzilla (comics)#IDW Publishing
Other uses
In Miraculous ladybug, cataclysm is the ability of the black cat and allows the wearer (Cat noir) to destroy any object he touches.
See also
- Cataclysmic variable star, which irregularly increase in brightness by a large factor, then drop back down to a quiescent state (initially called novae)
- Ekpyrosis (conflagration)
- Eschatology
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