doomsday

noun

dooms·​day ˈdümz-ˌdā How to pronounce doomsday (audio)
often attributive
1
: a day of final judgment
2
: a time of catastrophic destruction and death

Examples of doomsday in a Sentence

a warning that doomsday is near The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.
Recent Examples on the Web Fortunately, this doomsday scenario would only occur if Earth were directly in the relatively narrow path of the beam, and (again) only within the Milky Way. Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024 But rather than giving in to doomsday thinking, there is a unique opportunity here to learn from the experiences of both big tech and the startup scene. Al Khan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 The View once again brought tidings of political doomsday to the Hot Topics table, as Vice President Kamala Harris became the latest figure of immense power to use the show's platform to warn Americans against the dangers of lifting up Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2024 This requires collaboration between technology companies, policymakers, and civil society to develop and enforce regulations that deter malicious actors and protect users from real-world harm, instead of focusing only on imaginary doomsday scenarios from sci-fi movies. Alexandru Voica, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024 These compounding problems require a new perspective on cyberattacks that looks beyond lost dollars, breached files, or doomsday debates over generative AI tools like ChatGPT or artificial general intelligence. Nicole Tisdale, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024 The comments came during Congress’s last two AI forums of 2023, where lawmakers huddled with top tech executives, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, to better understand topics including the risks of an AI doomsday and national security. Cristiano Lima, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023 Essentially, becoming a doomsday prepper, but specifically for the day when Taylor Swift somehow takes over the United States government, is the final step of becoming completely unhinged. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024 Companies take action To remedy this, Asana, which already had no-meetings Wednesdays, debuted its meetings doomsday experiment. Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of doomsday was before the 12th century

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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doomsday. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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doomsday

noun
dooms·​day ˈdümz-ˌdā How to pronounce doomsday (audio)

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