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

Perhaps the apocalypse is near, because what’s proven to be a difficult task for the Hornets seemingly forever finally happened Thursday night. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026

In the summer of 1912, word reached Robert Fiske Griggs that the apocalypse had arrived on Kodiak, an inhabited island off the coast of Alaska. —Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026

But the star was Lucy (played by Melissa Bardin Galsky), the angsty 20-something who should be ushering in the apocalypse for her dad, Satan, and instead is dating the second coming of Jesus (Glaser). —Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026

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

Rhymes for the apocalypse

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