as in apocalypse
a final destructive battle or conflict
trying to avoid the threat of a nuclear Armageddon
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Recent Examples of Armageddon
President Erika Sloane, however, convinces Ethan to return to stop a self-aware artificial intelligence program called The Entity before the AI takes control of all the world’s nuclear arsenals and causes nuclear Armageddon.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
The arms race played out through the 1960s, building stockpiles of tens of thousands of nuclear missiles on both sides until its folly, and frightening close brushes with Armageddon, lowered those numbers in an era of détente, the sort of world that Bethe had called for in his article.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2025
There's plenty more to come throughout the month, including on August 17, which sees the arrival of James Gray's 2022 film, Armageddon Time, starring Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, and Anthony Hopkins.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Twenty-seven years ago, Armageddon benefited from a marketing campaign that left a lasting impression.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
The arms race played out through the 1960s, building stockpiles of tens of thousands of nuclear missiles on both sides until its folly, and frightening close brushes with Armageddon, lowered those numbers in an era of détente, the sort of world that Bethe had called for in his article.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2025
There's plenty more to come throughout the month, including on August 17, which sees the arrival of James Gray's 2022 film, Armageddon Time, starring Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, and Anthony Hopkins.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Twenty-seven years ago, Armageddon benefited from a marketing campaign that left a lasting impression.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Armageddon
Noun
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And while many shudder at the idea of an AI job apocalypse, others are leveraging the technology to answer complex questions.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Searches for the phrase job apocalypse are spiking.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Taken to an extreme, an ever-evolving idea of retirement could outlive drastic institutional change, perhaps enduring longer than the institutions of American democracy or beyond climate disaster.—
Trevor Jackson,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Steve DeJong will retire from the Homewood Fire Department after more than two decades to accept a position at MABAS Illinois, the statewide mutual aid and disaster response coordinator.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Armageddon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Armageddon. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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