Armageddon
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- noun
- /ˌɑrməˈɡɛdɒn/
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Armagedón
- The leaders of the nations met to discuss their differences before the looming threat of Armageddon.
Because that's where I think, you know, it's only Armageddon if your currency fails.
- Because that's where I think, you know, it's only Armageddon if your currency fails.
- Donald Trump saw their threat of apocalypse and raised them one Armageddon.
- In other words, we were manipulating risk, and the last clear chance to avoid Armageddon rested with them.
- And sometimes you know, the good days are euphoric and the bad days look like Armageddon.
- If you want to listen to the newspapers and the headlines, Well, you know, it's Armageddon.
- instead of realizing you can't ever have a nuclear war because it would end in Armageddon.
- Without NATO, with all different scenarios, no matter how nuclear war starts, it ends in Armageddon.
- That's bad news and even worse timing because America has already scheduled a plague Armageddon, a climate Armageddon, and a democracy Armageddon.
- So even when the markets all over Europe were forced to close as the war spread, no one was expecting Armageddon.
- We're looking at all kinds of destructive and things that sort of border on an Armageddon view for planet Earth.
- And, and they were screaming at me at this time when we were deciding what to do with Armageddon.
Examples
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If a catastrophe occurred tomorrow (giant meteor impact, nuclear armageddon), these sites would be left unmarked and unsealed.
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As a boy, the thought of a nuclear armageddon was often on my mind.
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If the well ever goes dry, though, it will be financial armageddon.
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In other words, we were manipulating risk, and the last clear chance to avoid Armageddon rested with them.
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Their foreign policy is geared toward creating an environment so hostile that nuclear armageddon is an inevitability.
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That's why we're one misunderstanding away from nuclear Armageddon, because North Korea's nuclear arsenal is relatively new.
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This concept, known as "mutually assured destruction," was a terrifying part of the Cold War, a time when the world stood on the brink of nuclear armageddon.
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Historians debated whether the events of World War II could be regarded as a true Armageddon for humanity.
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Many believe that climate change may lead to an Armageddon that could devastate entire ecosystems.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure
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3.0
A very sad event that causes much suffering and loss
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7.0
A sudden terrible event that causes great damage and suffering
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8.6
A great disaster that destroys the world, often caused by a divine power
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A situation that seems like a disaster but is often not as bad
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The last day when the world ends or everything is destroyed
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A sudden violent event that causes great destruction or change
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A final battle in Norse myths that destroys the gods and ends the world
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9.9
A final great destruction that ends the world or a whole system
An event that kills most people or destroys life on Earth
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Etymology
Armageddon comes from the Hebrew phrase Har Megiddo, which means 'mountain of Megiddo' and was linked to a great final battle in the Bible. So today we use Armageddon to talk about any very large, destructive conflict or disaster.