ALL meanings of cataclastic
cat·a·cla·sis
C c - adjective cataclastic designating or of a rock, esp. a metamorphic rock, that was formed, bent, broken, etc. by extreme mechanical pressure 3
- noun cataclastic a process of deformation or metamorphism in which the grains of a rock are fractured and rotated. 1
- adjective cataclastic (petrology) describing a type of metamorphic rock that has undergone shearing and granulation by high mechanical stress. 0