Cataclysm

Cataclysm is derived from the Greek katá, 'down, against', and klyzō , 'wash over, surge'. It may refer to:

Common meanings

 * Generally, any large-scale disaster
 * Deluge (mythology)
 * Doomsday event, see hypothetical risks to civilization, humans, and planet Earth
 * A catastrophic natural event:
 * List of geological phenomena
 * earthquake, the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
 * volcanic eruption

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, a miniseries from the Godzilla comics by IDW Publishing, see Godzilla (comics)

Other uses

 * A special ability used by Cat Noir, a character in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
 * "Cataclysmic", a song by Joe Satriani from the 2015 album Shockwave Supernova