# Cataclysm

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**Cataclysm** may refer to:

## Common meanings

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

## Video games

- *[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm](/source/World_of_Warcraft:_Cataclysm)*, an expansion pack of Blizzard Entertainment's *World of Warcraft*
- *[Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead](/source/Cataclysm:_Dark_Days_Ahead)*, an open-source cross-platform roguelike video game
- *[Homeworld: Cataclysm](/source/Homeworld:_Cataclysm)*, a stand-alone expansion, of the *Homeworld* space-based RTS franchise
- *[Geometry Dash Cataclysm](/source/Geometry_Dash_Cataclysm)*, a very tough level in this rhythm-based platforming game, once considered the hardest possible.

## Books and comics

- [Cataclysm (*Dragonlance*)](/source/Cataclysm_(Dragonlance)), a fictional event in the *Dragonlance* novels
- *[Batman: Cataclysm](/source/Batman:_Cataclysm)*, a DC Comics crossover story arc featuring Batman
- *[Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand](/source/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)#Miniseries](/source/Godzilla_(comics)#Miniseries)

## Other uses

- A special ability used by Cat Noir, a [character in *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*](/source/List_of_Miraculous:_Tales_of_Ladybug_%26_Cat_Noir_characters)
- *"*Cataclysm", a song by [Au5](/source/Au5) and Crystal Skies
- "Cataclysmic", a song by Joe Satriani from the 2015 album *[Shockwave Supernova](/source/Shockwave_Supernova)*
- [Cataclysm (film)](/source/Cataclysm_(film)), a 1980 American film

## See also

- [Cataclysmic variable star](/source/Cataclysmic_variable_star), which irregularly increases in brightness by a large factor, then drops back down to a quiescent state (initially called *nova*)
- [Cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis](/source/Cataclysmic_pole_shift_hypothesis), pseudo-scientific claim of past rapid changes of Earth's axis
- [Ekpyrosis](/source/Ekpyrosis), a conflagration
- [Pyroclastic flow](/source/Pyroclastic_flow), fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter
- [Lahar](/source/Lahar), violent volcanic mudflow or debris flow
- [Eschatology](/source/Eschatology), part of theology concerned with the final events of history
- [Kataklysm](/source/Kataklysm), Canadian death metal band

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