apocalyptic
adjective
apoc·a·lyp·tic
ə-ˌpä-kə-ˈlip-tik 
variants
or less commonly apocalyptical
1
: of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
apocalyptic events
2
: forecasting the ultimate destiny of the world : prophetic
apocalyptic warnings
3
: foreboding imminent disaster or final doom : terrible
apocalyptic signs of the coming end-times
4
: wildly unrestrained : grandiose
5
: ultimately decisive : climactic
an apocalyptic battle
Examples of apocalyptic in a Sentence
No one listened to her apocalyptic predictions.
a less apocalyptic view of the future
the apocalyptic destruction of the world
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The Last of Us tells the story of two survivors (Ramsey and Pedro Pascal) many years after the onset of an apocalyptic plague.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
For a movie about an apocalyptic clash of vampires and gangsters, Sinners has moments of unexpected jubilance, even rapture.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Power asserts itself mercilessly, and the action is shot through with apocalyptic premonitions, which reminds him of our time.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The apocalyptic tale pits our hero Ellie not against the zombies that served as the frequent antagonists in the first game, but other people bent on destroying her and her surrogate father Joel.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
For a movie about an apocalyptic clash of vampires and gangsters, Sinners has moments of unexpected jubilance, even rapture.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Power asserts itself mercilessly, and the action is shot through with apocalyptic premonitions, which reminds him of our time.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The apocalyptic tale pits our hero Ellie not against the zombies that served as the frequent antagonists in the first game, but other people bent on destroying her and her surrogate father Joel.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for apocalyptic
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“Apocalyptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apocalyptic. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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