Cataclysm

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The term cataclysm (from the Greek κατακλυσμός kataklysmos, to 'wash down' (κλύζειν kluzein "wash" and κατά kata "down") 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

Video games

• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the third expansion pack of Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft
• The Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, an open-source cross-platform roguelike video game using only ascii graphics
• Homeworld: Cataclysm, the second, and stand-alone expansion, of the Homeworld space-based RTS franchise released by Barking Dog's Studios under Sierra Entertainment

Comics

• Batman: Cataclysm, a DC Comics crossover story arc featuring Batman
• "Cataclysm" a 2013-2014 crossover storyline appearing in the Ultimate Marvel line of books

See also

• ekpyrosis (conflagration)
• eschatology