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Armageddon

Armageddon

50 8.4
The place in the Bible where the final battle between good and evil will happen
  • proper noun
  • /ˌɑrməˈɡɛdɒn/
  • Literature
: Armagedón
  • "Yes, the world is still here, but it's not like it was before Armageddon."
  • nuclear Armageddon

But he knew they weren't ready for Armageddon.

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Examples

  • Quite possibly our only hope of averting nuclear Armageddon.

  • Although few religious people may be attracted to nuclear Armageddon, President Ahmadinejad might be.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Bible calls this day Armageddon, the end of all things.

  • For a few seconds this place was Armageddon.

  • "I told Martin that Armageddon was part of God's plan, that it meant the Second Coming."

    Fiction book (1990)
  • We're staring at a virtual financial Armageddon and nobody seems to want to talk about it.

    Blog text (10)
  • The great battle of Armageddon is coming, the Millennium, and Judgment Day.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Think of the fall of Rome or the collapse of Easter Island rather than the fires of Armageddon.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Somewhere, sometime, a man in a crystalline tower throws a switch and Armageddon is both triggered and avoided.

  • Many believe that the events unfolding today could lead to a great Armageddon that will change the world forever.

Synonyms

apocalypse
vsArmageddon
  • Literature
134 8.6

A great disaster that destroys the world, often caused by a divine power

is the specific final battle narrative rather than a broad end event
end of the world
vsArmageddon
  • Formal
50 7.9

The final event when God judges all people and decides their eternal fate

is framed as a battle between good and evil not only judgment
doomsday
vsArmageddon
  • Literature
23 7.5

The last day when the world ends or everything is destroyed

is used for a prophesied battle location rather than just a day or disaster
Ragnarok
vsArmageddon
  • Literature
8 9.9

A final battle in Norse myths that destroys the gods and ends the world

is the final battle concept from a different religious tradition
Gotterdammerung
vsArmageddon
  • Literature
1 9.9

A final great destruction that ends the world or a whole system

is the same idea in a different religious and linguistic tradition
doomsday event
vsArmageddon
8.6

An event that kills most people or destroys life on Earth

describes a specific final battle between good and evil not any disaster

Antonyms

646 1.0

A time when countries or groups do not fight

146 2.5

Agreement and peaceful working together between people or ideas

How Catastrophic

Armageddon
  • Literature
50 8.4
war
∞ 1.0
battle
∞ 1.4
skirmish
22 6.4

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Armageddon comes from the Hebrew phrase Har Megiddo, which means 'mountain of Megiddo' and is the name of a real hill where ancient armies met. So in the Bible Armageddon is the place of the final battle between good and evil.