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If you refer to the "pace of evolution" I should hope that mass extinctions count as rapid evolution. The gene frequencies there are changing pretty rapidly.
If you mean to refer to some other kind of metric, you should probably be more specific - for example, you might want to consider talking about "constructive evolution" - or something similar.
I wouldn't. That's just loss. If your planet was hit by a supernova, would you call that rapid evolution?
I've been quite specific. I'm talking about the accumulation of information in the DNA of all organisms.
Don't call it "evolution", then - or people will get very confused. Evolution is about change - not about gain or loss. Check with the definition of the term.