doomsday
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- /ˈduːmzdeɪ/
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- No, I'm not preparing for doomsday like the folks you see profiled on cable TV.
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- Well, much of my talk today has a doomsday ring to it.
- It's one minute to midnight on that doomsday clock, and we need to act now.
- It's as if they've all got a doomsday clock on them.
- And of course the fall back position when none of the doomsday predictions come true.
- One of the things they did which create what's called the doomsday clock.
- It's not something you have on the shelf for some doomsday war.
- And that is true now Zuckerberg with all of his doomsday bunkers.
- I even did a story called Doomsday for Zen.
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The weird thing is that there is plenty of real doomsday in global warming and overpopulation.
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There were plenty of people making doomsday claims at the time, just like there are in every disaster.
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"You can stay till doomsday if you want.
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Why not send some kind of doomsday machine?
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"Time to put our clothes back on and get ready for doomsday.
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With doomsday perhaps three days away, should he finally tell Lil how he felt about her?
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O'Neill said he's found that among the public, stories of doomsday are generally accepted.
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Can anyone save us from this impending apocalypse, this final doomsday, this... Armageddon.
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They label people like us "extremists," "doomsday cults," "terrorists," because that's easier than telling you the truth.
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Many people fear that doomsday will come when a massive disaster strikes the planet.
Synonyms
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A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure
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A great disaster that destroys the world, often caused by a divine power
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The final event when God judges all people and decides their eternal fate
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In Christian belief, a future day when God judges everyone's life and decides their final place after death
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The place in the Bible where the final battle between good and evil will happen
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A future day when God judges people and decides if they go to heaven or hell
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A final battle in Norse myths that destroys the gods and ends the world
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A day at the end of time when God judges everyone for their actions
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A final day when God decides each person's fate, rewarding good and punishing bad
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A final great destruction that ends the world or a whole system
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A final event in Christian belief when God ends the world
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A future day when God judges everyone for their actions
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An event that kills most people or destroys life on Earth
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The day when God judges everyone and the world ends
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The day when God judges everyone
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Etymology
The word doomsday comes from an old English word dōm meaning 'judgment' and day meaning 'day', and it is the same root as the word doom. So it originally meant the 'day of judgment' when everyone's fate is decided, which is why we still use it for the end of the world or any total disaster.