as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions
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Recent Examples of apocalypse
At an Edinburgh International Film Festival event on Monday, DaCosta said fans of the zombie apocalypse franchise will be seeing more of Spike’s story and Jack O’Connell’s character in her movie, set for a January 2026 release.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Baruchel later played a farcical version of himself in the raucous apocalypse comedy This Is the End (2012) and, more recently, won a Canadian Screen Award for playing real-life BlackBerry founder Mike Lazaridis in BlackBerry (2023).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, a zombie apocalypse has not fallen on the rabbit population in Colorado.
—Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The audience for 2025’s reel of zombie apocalypses lives in a world shaped, in part, by Americans’ refusal to accept an aging Joe Biden’s ineligibility for President.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Baruchel later played a farcical version of himself in the raucous apocalypse comedy This Is the End (2012) and, more recently, won a Canadian Screen Award for playing real-life BlackBerry founder Mike Lazaridis in BlackBerry (2023).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, a zombie apocalypse has not fallen on the rabbit population in Colorado.
—Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The audience for 2025’s reel of zombie apocalypses lives in a world shaped, in part, by Americans’ refusal to accept an aging Joe Biden’s ineligibility for President.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocalypse
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Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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That question frames an episode that opens not with battle, but with the kind of stillness that comes before disaster.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The statement further addressed the context of the tribute, comparing it to other moments of silence following tragedies.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Voters should be able to see, right away, who is funding their representatives, especially in the wake of tragedy.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the decades since, more advanced simulations show how a warming planet could trigger all sorts of calamities, from heat waves and superstorms to desertification and ecosystem collapse.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Two more notable incidents occur amid the calamity.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Apocalypse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocalypse. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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