Apocalypse

Definitions

1. A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
2. The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.
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3. A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
4. Revelation (last book of the Bible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates a vision of the end times).
5. Armageddon: the destructive end of the world.
6. The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
7. The Book of Revelation.

Equivalents

37 more languages

AfrikaansOpenbaring

العربيةالْقِيَامَةرؤياكشفنهاية العالم+ 1 more

BosanskiapokalipsaOtkrivenjeапокалипса

Catalàapocalipsi

Češtinaapokalypsazjevení

Cymraegdatguddiad

Danskåbenbaringapokalypsedommedag

Ελληνικάαποκάλυψη

Suomiapokalypsiilmestysmaailmanlopputuomiopäivä+ 1 more

Gaeilgeapacailipsis

Gàidhligtaisbeanadh

Galegoapocalipse

עבריתאחרית הימיםחזון

हिन्दीक़यामतप्रलयसंक्षय

HrvatskiapokalipsaOtkrivenjeапокалипса

Magyarapokalipszis

Bahasa Indonesiaapokalipskalawasanakiamatpralaya+ 1 more

Italianoapocalisse

日本語黙示黙示録

Қазақ тіліақырзаманзаманақыр

한국어묵시묵시록

Latinaapocalypsis

LatviešuAtklāsmes

NederlandsOpenbaring

PolskiApokalipsaapokaliptyczny

PortuguêsApocalipse

Русскийапокалипсис

SlovenčinaapokalypsaZjavenie

Slovenščinaapokalipsa

Shqipapokalips

СрпскиapokalipsaOtkrivenjeапокалипса

Svenskaapokalypsdomedag

Kiswahiliufunuo

TagalogApokalipsis

Türkçekıyamet

Українськаапокаліпсис

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Examples

“The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.”

“Near-synonyms: cataclysm, catastrophe, holocaust; armageddon, doomsday, end⟳ times, eschaton, judgement day, judgment day”

“A nuclear apocalypse would have⟳ been possible if tensions went out of control⟳ during the Cuban Missile Crisis.”

“Man has forgotten the soul and thus doomed his civilization to apocalypse.”

“The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.”

“In 2016, President Barack Obama told his staff that Donald Trump’s election victory was “not the apocalypse”. By any definition, he was correct⟳. But understood in the original sense⟳ of the Greek word apokálypsis, meaning “unveiling”, Obama could not give⟳ the same reassurance in 2025.”

“Meronyms: Final Judgment, Judgment Day, judgement day, judgment day”

“Near-synonym: Ragnarok”

“Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned.”

“He's been reading the Apocalypse again, and doomscrolling social media content that fixates on it.”

“They keep⟳ predicting that the Apocalypse is nigh, but I notice⟳ that they have⟳ books and supplies that they're trying to sell⟳.”

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