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cataclysmic
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"cataclysmic" has 3 syllables: cat-aclysm-ic. It rhymes with organismic, if that helps it stick.
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“It is believed that a cataclysmic impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.”
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"Cataclysmic" has 3 syllables: cat · aclysm · ic.
Cataclysmic: Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
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