the apocalypse

noun

: the end or destruction of the world especially as described in the Christian Bible

Some people believed the apocalypse would happen in the year 2000.

waiting for the apocalypse

Examples of the apocalypse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Across 50 episodes, Anderson unpacked everything from why gay men prefer iced coffee to whether bottoms would survive the apocalypse (the answer is yes). —Jessica Lipsky, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026

Fans also see the start of the apocalypse through the lens of Annie (Shailene Woodley), a med school dropout turned Graceland tour guide, who survives for years after the catastrophe. —Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026

Inside is a phone number that teams can text to meet EDIN, who is trapped inside a machine and needs help to escape before the apocalypse arrives. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026

Out in the world, the Secret Service Agent learns how others survived the apocalypse that sent many to the underground bunker setting revealed at the end of Season 1’s first episode. —Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the apocalypse

• proprietorships
• airships
• airstrips
• clerkships
• eclipse
• ellipse
• equips
• filmstrips
• gunships
• judgeships
• lightships
• outstrips