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cataclastic definition

cata·clas·tic (-klas′tik)

adjective

designating or of a rock, esp. a metamorphic rock, that was formed, bent, broken, etc. by extreme mechanical pressure

Etymology: < Gr kataklastos, broken down < kataklan, to snap off: see cata- & clastic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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