A supernova is a cataclysmic explosion of a star.
"I do not believe that a cataclysmic explosion marking the disappearance of man and this planet is inevitable," he said.
This would have resulted in a rapid and unsustainable increase in pressure, leading to a cataclysmic explosion.
Novas are cataclysmic nuclear explosions in white dwarf stars.
If they ever meet face-to-face in either universe, everything will be annihilated in a cataclysmic explosion.
The Big Bang theory holds that the universe began in a single cataclysmic explosion and has been expanding ever since.
Just as Hiro discovers this, he witnesses a cataclysmic explosion.
There is a cataclysmic fuel-air explosion to the east behind me.
The inevitable outcome will be an explosion, cataclysmic and chaotic.
This results in a cataclysmic explosion visible even to those on deck of the surfaced submarine.