Definition of doomsday
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:a day of final judgment
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:a time of catastrophic destruction and death
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a warning that doomsday is near
The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.
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Verney, who survives the plague through some kind of immunity, describes societal breakdown and destructive doomsday cults.
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Please, let’s try to keep the doomsday doldrums out of this for now.
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But that impact is far more nuanced and limited than the doomsday forecasts suggest.
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The current service disruption to Penn Station is minor compared to what some are calling a doomsday scenario: a shutdown of the North River tunnel.
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In short, there are plenty of doomsday scenarios to worry about.
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But for every doomsday scenario, there's a more measured take.
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If Mike Clevinger keeps this up, the doomsday rhymes can cease.
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Doomsday scenarios, end of the world movies—those once far-fetched storylines now can feel like where the world is actually headed.
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First Known Use of doomsday
before 12th century
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