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apocalypse

/əˈpɑkəlɪps/noun4 syllables

Apocalypse means: the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle.

Synonyms for apocalypse13

noun, as in the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle

Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Book of Revelation

also used for apocalypse

cataclysm, catastrophe, holocaust, armageddon, doomsday, end times, eschaton, judgement day, judgment day, Ragnarok

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What does apocalypse mean?2

noun

1

the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle

2

a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Apocalypse in a sentence

  • She decided to study epidemiology, in the hopes of preventing a zombie apocalypse!timoteojohano
  • What would you do in the event of a zombie apocalypse?Zifre
  • Rodrigo was completely unaware of the zombie apocalypse.Amastan
  • Which of us would die first in the apocalypse?canonrebel
  • What's your weapon of choice in the apocalypse?canonrebel
  • The horse of the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse was actually green.Ivanovb
  • Even after the apocalypse, Mrs. Jackson still insisted on the completion of homework.Eccles17
  • The Quran gives vivid descriptions of the Apocalypse.Amastan

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Forms of apocalypse

as a noun

plural
apocalypses