EGAVE

cataclasis

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Meaning

  1. noun cataclastic rock (a type of metamorphic rock that has been wholly or partly formed by the progressive fracturing and comminution of existing rock)
  2. noun A process of formation of such rock.

Similar words

catacosmesis catalectic cataract bog catechresis cataleptic cataract craterization laccolite caving laccolith

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