A violent and bloody conflict, a bloodbath; specifically (chiefly with capital initial), the period of the mid-twentieth century encompassing both world wars.
Origin
Coined by Matthew White (see citation 1998, below), from + Ancient Greek κλυσμός ("wash; flood").
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