as in disaster
the day the world ends or is destroyed
a warning that doomsday is near doomsday predictions
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Recent Examples of doomsday
Her doomsday religious beliefs led her to kill her two youngest children and engage in a plot to kill a romantic rival in the state.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Yet amid this darkness of an atomic doomsday hovering over the Earth, Pope Francis said a new ray of light and hope had appeared on the horizon, in the form of overwhelming UN support for a treaty mandating the dismantling of the world’s nuclear stockpiles.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The backlash was pretty severe, leading to protests and declining attendance, as well as a hostile response from Eli’s brother-in-law Peter (Steve Zahn), who lost thousands investing in the buckets and would establish a militia full of doomsday preppers.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
If the state would fund its mandates, the doomsday budget cuts looming over the 1.2 million weekday RTA riders could significantly shrink.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Yet amid this darkness of an atomic doomsday hovering over the Earth, Pope Francis said a new ray of light and hope had appeared on the horizon, in the form of overwhelming UN support for a treaty mandating the dismantling of the world’s nuclear stockpiles.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The backlash was pretty severe, leading to protests and declining attendance, as well as a hostile response from Eli’s brother-in-law Peter (Steve Zahn), who lost thousands investing in the buckets and would establish a militia full of doomsday preppers.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
If the state would fund its mandates, the doomsday budget cuts looming over the 1.2 million weekday RTA riders could significantly shrink.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomsday
Noun
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States like Florida could be forced to assume billions in costs for health care and disaster preparedness.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump reversed a decision by his administration to deny a major disaster declaration for the March 14-15 storms that devastated much of north Arkansas.—
Neal Earley,
Arkansas Online,
16 May 2025
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That was just one of the invigorating new ideas Danny Boyle brought to the zombie apocalypse genre with 28 Days Later in 2002.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Time,
16 May 2025
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Produced by the band and inspired by the 2017 thriller First Reformed, the LP finds La Dispute grappling with a looming apocalypse, the detriments of technological evolutions, and the illusion of self-control.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The collapse of the Assad regime in December occurred when Ahmed al-Sharaa’s group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led a rebel coalition.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
16 May 2025
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They're forced to work together again during the Newton collapse, and Graham's sacrifice triggers something in both of them.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Fortunately, our plants send out signals long before this tragedy occurs.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 May 2025
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Two weeks ago, the tragedy in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of Indian tourists sparked rightful outrage.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Ben Affleck can’t believe Armageddon is in the Criterion Collection either.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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His previous film credits include Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, Adam McKay’s The Big Short, James Gray’s Armageddon Time, Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, and Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2025
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The de facto trade embargo between the world’s two largest economies had produced domestic and global economic pressure that appeared on the brink of calamity.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
12 May 2025
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This belies the notion that the CCP would be a reliable partner if the world ever faced calamity again.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsday. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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