as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions
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Recent Examples of apocalypse
Ramirez joined the cast of the HBO apocalypse drama in Season 2.
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
The finale is less aristocracy and more apocalypse.
—David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Suddenly, a new kind of apocalypse was on the horizon for an industry facing numerous issues already.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
The finale is less aristocracy and more apocalypse.
—David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Suddenly, a new kind of apocalypse was on the horizon for an industry facing numerous issues already.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocalypse
Noun
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More than a year after the disaster, which killed all but two people on board, much is still unclear about why the passenger jet crash landed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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The councilwoman emphasized that every neighborhood in Los Angeles is just one disaster from devastation.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In the fictional story of the Shakespeare family, their family tragedy leads Shakespeare to write Hamlet.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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And that would be the real tragedy.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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What calamity will summon the firefighters and medics of Station 118 to the scene?—
Rachel Kurzius,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Not so much for most of the thousands of people displaced a year ago by the twin fire calamities that hit the east and west ends of Los Angeles County.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Apocalypse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocalypse. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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