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CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn) , a See also:

TERM

term of the See also:

ancient See also:

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DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama for the See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the See also:

plot which leads up to the conclusion . The word is thus used of any sudden change, particularly of a violent or disastrous nature, and in See also:

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology of a See also:

CATACLYSM (Gr. Karcudsuvµos, a deluge)

cataclysm or See also:

GREAT

great convulsion of the See also:

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SURFACE

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