Read the excerpt from “the hammer of god.”

that was only the beginning of disaster: now the real tragedy began. nitric oxides rained from the air, turning the sea to acid. clouds of soot from incinerated forests darkened the sky, hiding the sun for months. worldwide, the temperature dropped precipitously, killing off most of the plants and animals that had survived the initial cataclysm.

which option is the accurate synonym for cataclysm as it is used in the excerpt?

“the hammer of god”

misfortune
fiasco
devastation
explosion

The right answer is thr C) Devastation.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that the word cataclysm derives from the Greek word kataklysmós, which translates as "flooding." A cataclysm can be understood as both a large catastrophe caused by a natural phenomenon or by a flooding and as a significant disruption in the social or political order. In this excerpt, it must be interpreted as a large catastrophe, or a devastation, due to the terrible natural phenomena that it caused — sea turned to acid, incinerated forests, and so on.  

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