Adjective : cataclysmic changes. From Dictionary.com.
It arrived on the surface of the planet rather more cataclysmically than Amalfi had intended. From Wordnik.com. [Cities In Flight]
Its entirely possible for the sea levels to be modestly rising at most 3mm a year and not have the poles cataclysmically melting. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Quick Note on Sunstein and the Precautionary Principle] Reference
We have been so cataclysmically wrong in this kind of assumption over the years, that you would think people would be charier now. From Wordnik.com. [Forget About Rethinking] Reference
And I didn't think that would be possible based on my own unabating, vaulting paroxysms of cataclysmically intense interest so far. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Nicole Smith Update] Reference
And when the Antichrist eventually, cataclysmically, belatedly arrived, you feared the Albert Hall roof would fall in, the foundations split asunder. From Wordnik.com. [The Rake's Progress; BBC Prom 35; Three Choirs festival] Reference
When that happens, it casually spams Earth's RF spectrum with plans for cataclysmically disruptive technologies that emulsify whole industries, cultures and spiritual systems. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 7, 2002 - July 13, 2002 Archives] Reference
Despite all the hand-wringing of how cataclysmically monumental Michigan's income and business tax increases were in 2007, in hindsight, we look like we were ahead of the curve. From Wordnik.com. [Susan J. Demas: State Budgets: Times Are Tough All Over] Reference
Sometimes we need the distance of history to remind ourselves of something I learned covering politics as a reporter: losing a bid for public office can be cataclysmically painful. From Wordnik.com. [David Quigg: HRC's Choice: Seward or Chase?] Reference
They fought enthusiastically to help get an incompetent ex-cokehead in the White House, and now can't figure out for the life of them what made things go so cosmically, cataclysmically, bad. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, My Bad, I Misunderstood What I Thought I Heard, but I Guess I Didn't Hear What I Thought was Said.] Reference
Does it come out cataclysmically or in an orderly fashion?. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
So there's Emma: warm, funny and cataclysmically directionless. From Wordnik.com. [One Day: Amazon.co.uk: David Nicholls: Books] Reference
America is under extreme duress cataclysmically and financially. From Wordnik.com. [A Word to the Wise - A Townhall.com user blog] Reference
Barack Obama's win is so cataclysmically historic one knows not where to begin. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
And he is cataclysmically worried about this prospect of spiraling lower prices -- deflation. From Wordnik.com. [Marketplace] Reference
The third single limped to 114, which is quite impressive in a cataclysmically awful kind of way. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Well, if that's what it took to get healthy-looking beauties cataclysmically back in style -- so be it. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
"Prices have dropped here somewhat, just not cataclysmically as they have in other areas of the country.". From Wordnik.com. [The Memphis Daily News] Reference
He had not, even in his final days, given any indication that he was set to fall so cataclysmically into the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
In the early 19th century, an upstate New York farmer, William Miller, preached that the globe would collapse cataclysmically in 1843. From Wordnik.com. [Psychology Today] Reference
The super-giant red star Betelgeuse in Orion's nebula is predicted to cataclysmically explode, and the impending supernova may even reach Earth -- someday. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Several important stocks dropped cataclysmically - namely Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE) and Lehman Brothers (LEH) - and Merrill Lynch (MER) and American. From Wordnik.com. [Yale Daily News: Latest Issue] Reference
I know you hated it, but it was genuinely hysterical stuff, and I've kept it to play to other people as an indicator of how cataclysmically thick the creationists can be. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Relations between Whitehall and the Bank have often been frosty and King's recent warning to Darling to rein in the cataclysmically large budget deficit will not have helped. From Wordnik.com. [The most recent articles from Financial Director] Reference
For Pearl Jam's last album, the first single (for a band that still cares about Rock and Roll singles) was the cataclysmically-intense "World Wide Suicide" which jarred listeners. From Wordnik.com. [Glide Magazine - Music :: Culture :: Life] Reference
In justifying these wretched and cataclysmically irresponsible remarks, you replied, "I'm the George Washington of mayors. From Wordnik.com. [Open Letter to the Mayor of Hell] Reference
Which has, to many of us, become little more than a four-hour mockathon - has staged some cataclysmically ill-judged speeches over the years. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
But that doesn’t mean it isn’t going to shrink cataclysmically, with untold repercussions for the continent, the hemisphere, and perhaps the entire planet. From Wordnik.com. [The Gasping Forest] Reference
Now will England's bowling in this crucial first half-hour be a) acceptable, b) rubbish, c) cataclysmically abysmal?. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Several important stocks dropped cataclysmically †"namely Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE) and Lehman Brothers. From Wordnik.com. [Yale Daily News: Latest Issue] Reference
Johnny Foreigner's cataclysmically great debut. From Wordnik.com. [:: news, reviews and opinion :: since 2001 :: online at clickyclickymusic.com ::] Reference
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