Apocalypse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈpɒkəlɪps/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Apocalypse is a noun meaning A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
Meaning
A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
More Meanings
- A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
- (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
- (Christianity) The Book of Revelation.
- (transitive, uncommon, chiefly Christianity) To reveal.
- (intransitive, informal, rare) To dwell on a huge disaster one expects to take place.
- (ambitransitive, informal, rare) To bring about (a huge disaster).
Example Sentences
Near-synonym: Ragnarok
Meronyms: Final Judgment, Judgment Day, judgement day, judgment day
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.
Word Forms
- apocalypses
- apocalypsing
- apocalypsed
Synonyms for apocalypse
Depending on context, synonyms include revelation, cataclysm, catastrophe, holocaust, armageddon, doomsday.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include revelation, armageddon, doom, grip, revelations, stuff.
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